Hegymegi Surname

820,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 339 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Hegymegi Surname User-submission:

The name can be connected to the village Hegymeg in Hungary. The -i suffix is frequently used in composing names form a name of a settlement (village, town etc.) in the Hungarian language, meaning 'comes from'.

Noble (aristocratic) families frequently used the suffix -y in composing their name from the name of their property.

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Hegymegi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary3331:29,4783,242
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Hegymegi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name can be connected to the village Hegymeg in Hungary. The -i suffix is frequently used in composing names form a name of a settlement (village, town etc.) in the Hungarian language, meaning 'comes from'.

Noble (aristocratic) families frequently used the suffix -y in composing their name from the name of their property. The pronunciation of this suffix -y is usually the same as the suffix -i.

Using the silent h as the penultimate character in the name variant Hegymeghy helps to avoid the confusion between the pronunciation of the Hungarian letter 'gy' and the 'y' which is pronounced the same way as 'i' in this case.

For the locality, see.

- hmeglo2
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Hegymegi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hegymegi occurs more in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hegymegi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hegymegi is the 820,032nd most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Hegymegi reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Hungary, where it is held by 333 people, or 1 in 29,478. In Hungary Hegymegi is mostly concentrated in: Hajdú-Bihar County, where 24 percent reside, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 22 percent reside and Pest County, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Hungary this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egimegi801/
Egemesi672/
Egimega672/
Egemege671/
Egemechi6314/
Chigemezi593/
Hegemejer591/
Egemze5763/
Egemji571/
Egemga571/
Chigemezie561/
Egemeze5386/
Igimeji531/
Yidmega531/
Igemesi531/
Igemechi5011/
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