Puskás Surname

62,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,960 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Puskás Surname User-submission:

This is a Hungarian surname, denoting a gunner or rifle-man, someone who owned, sold, and used guns/rifles. It is derived from Hungarian puska, puskás, meaning 'gun' or, 'rifle'.

Puskás Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary7,5341:1,303143
Romania3221:62,3547,519
Slovakia711:75,16114,596
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Puskas (3,534), Puskáš (4), Puškás (2), Puskàs (1), Puškáš (261), Puskaš (1), Puškaš (567) & Puşkaş (1) are calculated separately.

Puskás (13) may also be a first name.

Puskás Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Hungarian surname, denoting a gunner or rifle-man, someone who owned, sold, and used guns/rifles. It is derived from Hungarian puska, puskás, meaning 'gun' or, 'rifle'.

- deleted-173293

Puska means 'rifle' in Hungarian; a "puskás" is a shooter or someone who has a rifle.

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Puskás Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puskás is carried by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Puskas, Puskáš, Puškás, Puskàs, Puškáš, Puskaš, Puškaš or Puşkaş. Click here to see other potential spellings of Puskás.

How Common Is The Last Name Puskás? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 62,980th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 915,521 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Puskás reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.

It is most frequently used in Hungary, where it is carried by 7,534 people, or 1 in 1,303. In Hungary it is most numerous in: Budapest, where 15 percent are found, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 12 percent are found and Pest County, where 12 percent are found. Besides Hungary Puskás occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 4 percent are found and Slovakia, where 1 percent are found.

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