Szilaj Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Szilaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 164 | 1:59,855 | 6,234 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Szilaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Szilaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Szilaj occurs in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Szilaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Szilaj is the 1,338,236th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Szilaj live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
The last name Szilaj is most frequently used in Hungary, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 59,855. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Bács-Kiskun County, where 27 percent live, Budapest, where 24 percent live and Pest County, where 19 percent live. Barring Hungary it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
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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 Szilaj
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