Honvéd Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Honvéd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Honvéd 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
Hungary1501:65,4426,758
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Honved (1) are calculated separately.

Honvéd Last Name Facts

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

The surname Honvéd is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Honved. Click here to see other potential spellings of Honvéd.

How Common Is The Last Name Honvéd? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,428,594th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Honvéd are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Hungary, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 65,442. In Hungary Honvéd is most prevalent in: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 36 percent live, Budapest, where 18 percent live and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 17 percent live. Barring Hungary this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live.

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
Honved941/
Honvédő9219/
Hounvid771/
Honve7330/
Honvi7326/
Hounvi67340/
Gonvid67251/
Honver67101/
Hounve6736/
Honvie6712/
Oynvid672/
Honvoy672/
Honmve671/
Honvai671/
Honvay670/
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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Honvéd
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