Hegedus Surname

81,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,933 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Romania

Hegedus Surname User-submission:

It means 'fiddler' in hungarian.

Hegedus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3511:154,17215,803
Romania1,6931:11,8591,524
Canada4361:84,5089,395
Hungary3321:29,5673,251
Brazil2091:1,024,27936,147
Australia1991:135,65714,662
Slovakia1971:27,0894,626
England1521:366,56626,048
Spain531:882,11434,832
France481:1,383,807136,859
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Serbia161:446,55918,714
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Wales141:221,03813,576
Austria131:655,03358,041
Croatia131:325,27730,776
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Norway71:734,61250,907
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

The alternate forms: Hegedüs (9,987), Hegeduš (416), Hegeduş (4), Hegedús (3), Hegeduș (2), Hégedus (2), Hegedüš (415), Hegedúš (8), Hegedůš (1) & Hégédus (1) are calculated separately.

Hegedus (14) may also be a first name.

Hegedus Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It means 'fiddler' in hungarian.

- kolompos

Hegedus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hegedus Come From? nationality or country of origin

Hegedus is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Hegedüs, Hegeduš, Hegeduş, Hegedús, Hegeduș, Hégedus, Hegedüš, Hegedúš, Hegedůš or Hégédus. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hegedus.

How Common Is The Last Name Hegedus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 81,799th most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,228,307 people. Hegedus is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Hegedus are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used given name on earth, held by 14 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,351 people, or 1 in 154,172. In The United States Hegedus is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 14 percent are found, Ohio, where 9 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Hegedus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hegedus last name are 8.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.15% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hegedus earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 7.64% less than the national average, earning 319,631 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.83% more than the national average, earning $43,940 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.21% more than the national average, earning $52,272 CAD per year.

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