László Surname
Approximately 18,964 people bear this surname
László Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 16,476 | 1:596 | 50 |
| Romania | 1,660 | 1:12,095 | 1,550 |
| Slovakia | 722 | 1:7,391 | 732 |
| Czechia | 50 | 1:212,669 | 30,259 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Slovenia | 9 | 1:276,408 | 16,807 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Lászlo (187), Laszló (42) & Laszlo (9,909) are calculated separately.
László (415,023) may also be a first name.
László Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name László Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname László is found in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Lászlo, Laszló or Laszlo. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name László? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 28,328th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 384,283 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of László live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 87 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. László is also the 2,481st most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 415,023 people.
It is most widely held in Hungary, where it is borne by 16,476 people, or 1 in 596. In Hungary it is most common in: Budapest, where 18 percent reside, Pest County, where 13 percent reside and Fejér County, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Hungary it is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 9 percent reside and Slovakia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 László
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