Szekély Surname
11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia
Szekély Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
The alternate forms: Szekely (15,072), Székély (1), Székely (17,946) & Szèkely (2) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Szekely | 95 | 15,072 | / |
| Székély | 95 | 1 | / |
| Székely | 90 | 17,946 | / |
| Szèkely | 90 | 2 | / |
| Szekaly | 86 | 1 | / |
| Szekelyi | 80 | 39 | / |
| Szekelyh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Szekeley | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zekily | 77 | 540 | / |
| Sekely | 77 | 475 | / |
| Sékély | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sekily | 77 | 1 | / |
| Szekhelyi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Szakaly | 71 | 249 | / |
| Seekely | 71 | 65 | / |
| Szekeli | 71 | 60 | / |
| Sekilya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sekelay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Seckely | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sekkely | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sekalay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seukaly | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seekoly | 71 | 1 | / |
| Szekela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shekaly | 71 | 1 | / |
| Szekyla | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seikely | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sekhilay | 67 | 880 | / |
| Székelyi | 67 | 396 | / |
| Szokolay | 67 | 282 | / |
| Sekhalay | 67 | 211 | / |
| Shekhaly | 67 | 81 | / |
| Szokolyi | 67 | 40 | / |
| Szakolyi | 67 | 28 | / |
| Shekelya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Shekally | 67 | 4 | / |
| Szakalay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shekholy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Szakally | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sekhaley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sekelych | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seikalay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seekeley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seekalay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shekeuly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zseckely | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szechely | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Szekély
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis