Nemeth Surname

22,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Nemeth Surname Definition:

(Hungarian) One who came from Germany.

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Nemeth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,2551:32,2044,016
Austria2,4861:3,425335
Canada1,9061:19,3312,700
Romania1,8351:10,9421,421
Germany1,3031:61,7857,938
Hungary9571:10,2571,187
England6991:79,7118,895
Australia5651:47,7805,974
Slovakia4751:11,2351,405
France4301:154,47123,971
Brazil3961:540,59220,255
Sweden2911:33,8382,762
Switzerland2121:38,7405,548
Czechia1901:55,9669,390
Croatia1851:22,8574,779
Argentina1741:245,65219,922
Belgium1611:71,40811,406
Netherlands1121:150,77822,601
Spain841:556,57226,793
Thailand821:861,443136,584
Italy741:826,44264,449
Norway531:97,02413,264
Denmark481:117,59810,848
Ireland421:112,1185,755
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
New Zealand331:137,22216,302
Venezuela251:1,208,16317,203
Poland231:1,652,55491,394
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Serbia201:357,24716,776
Wales191:162,87011,152
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Slovenia171:146,33413,558
Uruguay171:201,86816,060
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Estonia121:110,15019,471
United States Virgin Islands101:11,0381,555
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Qatar61:393,00055,922
China51:273,464,31313,838
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

The alternate forms: Németh (92,700), Nèmeth (17) & Neméth (12) are calculated separately.

Nemeth (69) may also be a first name.

Nemeth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Hungarian) One who came from Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

The Nemeth surname is a Hungarian surname, meaning 'German man'.

- deleted-173293

Hungarian origin, means: somebody is of German descent.

- guldenstern

It is a Hungarian surname that means 'German'.

- Forebears.io Manual Submissions

Nemeth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nemeth (Marathi: नेमेथ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Németh, Nèmeth or Neméth. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nemeth? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nemeth is the 22,315th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 299,234 people. Nemeth occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Nemeth live; 44 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. Nemeth is also the 1,171,416th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 69 people.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 11,255 people, or 1 in 32,204. In The United States it is primarily found in: Ohio, where 11 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and New Jersey, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in 78 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Nemeth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nemeth last name are 11.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.47% registered with the party.

The amount Nemeth earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 171.24% more than the national average, earning R 644,580 per year; in United States they earn 4.09% more than the national average, earning $44,915 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.37% more than the national average, earning $52,850 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Németh9492,700/
Nèmeth9417/
Neméth9412/
Neimeth9297/
Niemeth9233/
Nemetch926/
Nemethe926/
Nehmeth924/
Nemmeth923/
Nemeths922/
Nemeeth921/
Nesmeth920/
Neumeth920/
Nemet916,335/
Nemetsch861/
Nemets832,554/
Nameth83600/
Nimeth83376/
Neimet83355/
Niemet83313/
Nemith83154/
Neymet83105/
Nemett8390/
Nemete8375/
Ngemet8311/
Nemmet8311/
Nemest8310/
Nehmet839/
Nejmet834/
Nometh833/
Nemedh831/
Nemethova80464/
Nemethová80380/
Nemeshthe801/
Nnemete77250/
Nemmetz7729/
Neimetz7725/
Nhemetz7715/
Nesmyth779/
Neimets777/
Nemette775/
Neimith772/
Neemetz771/
Neymets771/
Nemeets771/
Niemiet771/
Niemith771/
Neimete771/
Nhemete771/
Hnemets771/
Német733,093/
Nimet73435/
Namet73414/
Nemit7385/
Nymet7320/
Nemed739/
Nomet732/
Neasmith71108/
Nemetova71100/
Nemetová7167/
Neemeste719/
Neimeist711/
Nemisthe711/
Nesmaith711/
Nehemete711/
Némethová673,725/
Nymets671,723/
Niemyt67436/
Nemecz67376/
Naimet67190/
Nimets6761/
Namedh6743/
Nemitt6724/
Namett6719/
Nemejtová6717/
Nemishthe6716/
Neymetova6716/
Ngemit6713/
Némethova6712/
Nemegy6712/
Nameet6711/
Neymit679/
Nejmetová679/
Naemit678/
Nimett678/
Nimeit677/
Němetz677/
Nemhed677/
Nesmit676/
Niemit676/
Nemyts676/
Nimete675/
Nihmet675/
Neméthová675/
Nemeitová674/
Nimeat674/
Nahmet673/
Nehmed672/
Ngimet672/
Nemite672/
Némeht672/
Nemait672/
Naamet672/
Nimith672/
Namhet671/
Najmet671/
Nejmed671/
Nimeht671/
Németz671/
Neimetova671/
Naymet671/
Gnimet671/
Nemmit670/

Nemeth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nemeth in the Marathi language
नेमेथnemetha-

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