Hosszú Surname
Approximately 1,637 people bear this surname
Hosszú Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 1,572 | 1:6,244 | 739 |
| Romania | 45 | 1:446,175 | 35,142 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Hosszu (1,323) are calculated separately.
Hosszú Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hosszú Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hosszú is found most in Hungary. It can occur as: Hosszu. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosszú? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hosszú is the 243,551st most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,451,769 people. The surname Hosszú occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hosszú are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
It is most frequently used in Hungary, where it is borne by 1,572 people, or 1 in 6,244. In Hungary it is most common in: Somogy County, where 21 percent live, Zala County, where 13 percent live and Budapest, where 13 percent live. Besides Hungary this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 3 percent live and Czechia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Hosszú
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