Mihály Surname

82,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Mihály Surname Definition:

(from a place name) From Mihaly, a town in Hungary.

Mihály 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
Hungary4,6851:2,095238
Romania8381:23,9593,045
Slovakia3071:17,3832,578
Czechia171:625,49860,070
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Mihaly (9,420) & Mihàly (2) are calculated separately.

Mihály (84,197) may also be a first name.

Mihály Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) From Mihaly, a town in Hungary.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff
DNA test information

Mihály Last Name Facts

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

Mihály (Arabic: ميهالي) is most common in Hungary. It can also be rendered as a variant: Mihaly or Mihàly. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mihály? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 82,678th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,243,821 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mihály are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 80 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. Mihály is also the 11,859th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 84,197 people.

Mihály is most widely held in Hungary, where it is borne by 4,685 people, or 1 in 2,095. In Hungary Mihály is primarily concentrated in: Csongrád County, where 16 percent live, Budapest, where 16 percent live and Pest County, where 16 percent live. Excluding Hungary it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 14 percent live and Slovakia, where 5 percent live.

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
Mihaly949,420/
Mihàly942/
Mihályi922,708/
Mihálya928/
Miháli834/
Miholy831/
Mihála831/
Mihalyi77863/
Mihaley7774/
Mihalyo7771/
Mihalya772/
Mihaliy771/
Miholay771/
Mialy735,466/
Mioly736/
Mihálech7112/
Mihailoy711/
Mihali6710,780/
Mihale672,022/
Myhaly671,385/
Mihalj671,099/
Mihala671,024/
Mihola67169/
Mially6721/
Mihală678/
Maioly675/
Miahle674/
Mialay672/
Mialey672/
Miholi672/
Miahla671/
Miolly671/
Mioley671/
Moioly671/
Mehaly671/
Miolya671/
Meahly670/
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Mihály Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mihály in the Arabic language
ميهاليmyhaly-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mihály
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