Német Surname

143,761st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,093 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Német Surname User-submission:

Német is a Hungarian surname meaning 'a man from Germany'.

Német Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary2,5771:3,809446
Slovakia2631:20,2913,196
Romania1681:119,51113,198
Czechia691:154,10823,763
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Nemet (6,335) are calculated separately.

Német Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Német is a Hungarian surname meaning 'a man from Germany'.

- medit

The Német surname means 'German' in Hungarian.

- unique

It is a Hungarian surname that means 'German'.

- Forebears.io Manual Submissions

Német Last Name Facts

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

The last name Német (Georgian: ნემეტ) is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Nemet. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Német? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 143,761st most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,356,142 people. The last name Német occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Német live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Hungary, where it is carried by 2,577 people, or 1 in 3,809. In Hungary Német is most numerous in: Pest County, where 18 percent live, Budapest, where 16 percent live and Csongrád County, where 14 percent live. Barring Hungary this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 9 percent live and Romania, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nemet936,335/
Németh9192,700/
Némeht912/
Németz911/
Néme897/
Nimet80435/
Nymet8020/
Némée801/
Némes801/
Némer801/
Némeh801/
Németová77385/
Nemeth7324,354/
Nemets732,554/
Nymets731,723/
Nimeth73376/
Neimet73355/
Niemet73313/
Naimet73190/
Neymet73105/
Nemett7390/
Nemete7375/
Nimets7361/
Nèmeth7317/
Nemmet7311/
Ngemet7311/
Nemest7310/
Nehmet739/
Nimett738/
Němetz737/
Nimeit737/
Nimete735/
Nihmet735/
Nejmet734/
Nimeat734/
Ngimet732/
Gnimet731/
Naymet731/
Nimeht731/
Najmet731/
Némethová713,725/
Némethova7112/
Neme6710,844/
Nime676,042/
Nyme67917/
Néma67453/
Nnemete67250/
Neimeth6797/
Niemeth6733/
Nemmetz6729/
Neimetz6725/
Nhemetz6715/
Nimmett6710/
Némé679/
Neimets677/
Nhme676/
Nemetch676/
Nemethe676/
Nemette675/
Nehmeth674/
Nemmeth673/
Nemeths672/
Nême672/
Hnemets671/
Naymets671/
Neymets671/
Nemeeth671/
Nemeets671/
Niemiet671/
Neimete671/
Nimette671/
Naimeat671/
Nhemete671/
Neemetz671/
Nesmeth670/
Neumeth670/
Nimmetz670/

Német Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Német in the Georgian language
ნემეტnemet-

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