Hajdu Surname
Approximately 15,289 people bear this surname
Hajdu Surname User-submission:
In Hungarian Hajdú were soldiers, bodyguards, mercenaries of the region in the XVI-XVIII centuries.
Hajdu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 10,907 | 1:900 | 90 |
| Romania | 1,431 | 1:14,031 | 1,804 |
| United States | 617 | 1:587,454 | 47,985 |
| Serbia | 590 | 1:12,110 | 1,443 |
| Slovakia | 405 | 1:13,176 | 1,754 |
| Germany | 351 | 1:229,360 | 25,519 |
| Canada | 222 | 1:165,971 | 16,704 |
| Australia | 152 | 1:177,603 | 18,018 |
| England | 82 | 1:679,489 | 38,951 |
| Czechia | 81 | 1:131,277 | 20,900 |
| Austria | 74 | 1:115,073 | 16,208 |
| Sweden | 67 | 1:146,967 | 10,337 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Croatia | 25 | 1:169,144 | 21,748 |
| Slovenia | 23 | 1:108,160 | 11,945 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Norway | 21 | 1:244,871 | 26,357 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Hajdú (7,568), Hajdů (19) & Hajdù (1) are calculated separately.
Hajdu (18) may also be a first name.
Hajdu Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
In Hungarian Hajdú were soldiers, bodyguards, mercenaries of the region in the XVI-XVIII centuries.
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Average Hajdu Salary in
United States
$45,431 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hajdu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hajdu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hajdu is found in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Hajdú, Hajdů or Hajdù. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hajdu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 34,665th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 476,653 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Hajdu reside; 84 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 71 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most widespread in Hungary, where it is held by 10,907 people, or 1 in 900. In Hungary Hajdu is mostly found in: Budapest, where 16 percent live, Pest County, where 12 percent live and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 12 percent live. Other than Hungary it exists in 42 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Hajdu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Hajdu last name are 31.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Hajdu earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 15.87% more than the national average, earning 401,001 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 25.86% more than the national average, earning R 299,088 per year; in United States they earn 5.29% more than the national average, earning $45,431 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.14% more than the national average, earning $54,223 CAD per year.
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Hajdu Reference & Research
Hajdú FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hajdu
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