Illyés Surname

327,203rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Illyés Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Illyés Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1,1191:8,7721,037
Romania71:2,868,26756,178
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Illyes (754), Illyès (3) & Illyeş (1) are calculated separately.

Illyés Last Name Facts

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

The surname Illyés occurs most in Hungary. It may also appear as a variant: Illyes, Illyès or Illyeş. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Illyés? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 327,203rd most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,420,745 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Illyés reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name Illyés is most prevalent in Hungary, where it is carried by 1,119 people, or 1 in 8,772. In Hungary Illyés is primarily found in: Budapest, where 29 percent live, Hajdú-Bihar County, where 19 percent live and Pest County, where 11 percent live. Barring Hungary it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 1 percent live and Slovakia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Illyes94754/
Illyès943/
Ilyés912,610/
Illyeş891/
Illiys831/
Illyésová806/
Illiysh775/
Hillyes771/
Illyess771/
Ilyes734,129/
Iliys736/
Ilyis734/
Ílyés731/
Ilyésová715/
Illies671,331/
Illges67103/
Illjes6725/
Iliyos6723/
Ilyess6712/
Ilyish678/
Ellyes677/
Gilyes674/
Iliysh674/
Gilyis673/
Illiès671/
Yllyes671/
Eilyes671/
Ilyesh671/

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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
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  • 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 Illyés
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