Szegfű Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Szegfű Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Szegfű 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
Hungary3641:26,9682,991
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392

The alternate forms: Szegfü (122) & Szegfu (50) are calculated separately.

Szegfű Last Name Facts

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

The surname Szegfű is found in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Szegfü or Szegfu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Szegfű? popularity and diffusion

The surname Szegfű is the 773,729th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Szegfű live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Hungary, where it is borne by 364 people, or 1 in 26,968. In Hungary it is mostly found in: Fejér County, where 24 percent live, Budapest, where 16 percent live and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 15 percent live. Besides Hungary this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Slovakia, where 1 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
Szegfü94122/
Szegfu9450/
Szekfű8369/
Szegfi8314/
Szegfűová802/
Szgf801/
Szegfue772/
Szegőfi772/
Szegőfy771/
Szekfü6724/
Szekfy6720/
Szegfüová6717/
Szekfűová676/
Szekfu672/
Szekfue621/
Szekfüová535/
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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 Szegfű
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