Ignác Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Ignác Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ignác 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
Hungary1731:56,7415,966
Slovakia691:77,34014,984
Czechia241:443,06148,767
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Ignac (1,273) & Ignać (1) are calculated separately.

Ignác (6,770) may also be a first name.

Ignác Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ignác is carried by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Ignac or Ignać. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ignác.

How Common Is The Last Name Ignác? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ignác is the 970,883rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ignác live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 65 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. Ignác is also the 79,296th most commonly used given name in the world, held by 6,770 people.

The last name Ignác is most common in Hungary, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 56,741. In Hungary Ignác is mostly found in: Budapest, where 16 percent are found, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 11 percent are found and Somogy County, where 11 percent are found. Barring Hungary it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 26 percent are found and Czechia, where 9 percent are found.

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
Ignac931,273/
Ignáco911/
Ignać871/
Ignec803/
Ignoc802/
Ignco801/
Ignaco73790/
Ignico7322/
Ignacs732/
Ignach731/
Ignaico674/
Agnc671/
Egnc671/
Ignacuo671/
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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 Ignác
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