Hunyadvári Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Hunyadvári Surname User-submission:

Hungarian surname, meaning 'of the castle of Hunyad'. It refers to the Corvin Castle located in the city of Vajdahunyad (Hunedoara in Romanian), Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It was the castle of the House of Hunyadi, which included the anti-Ottoman military commander John Hunyadi (1406–1456), who also served as regent of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1446 to 1453, and his son, Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary from 1458 until 1490.

Read More About This Surname

Hunyadvári Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1451:67,6986,958

The alternate forms: Hunyadvari (12) are calculated separately.

Hunyadvári Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Hungarian surname, meaning 'of the castle of Hunyad'. It refers to the Corvin Castle located in the city of Vajdahunyad (Hunedoara in Romanian), Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It was the castle of the House of Hunyadi, which included the anti-Ottoman military commander John Hunyadi (1406–1456), who also served as regent of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1446 to 1453, and his son, Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary from 1458 until 1490. A replica of the castle stands in the City Park of the Hungarian capital Budapest.

- kalman1959
DNA test information

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
Hunyadvari9712/
Hunyadváry901/
Huniadvari807/
Hontvári6786/
Hundavar671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Hunyadvári
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis