Szombathelyi Surname

435,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Szombathelyi Surname User-submission:

It means a location and a day. Szombat means 'Saturday' in Hungarian; hely means 'place'; i stands for 'from'. In Hungary there is a town called 'Szombathely'. The name 'Szombathelyi' was given to a person who (or whose ancestor) originated from there.

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Szombathelyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary7181:13,6721,537
Slovakia321:166,76429,092
United States171:21,321,114641,998
France81:8,302,840321,660
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Szombathelyi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It means a location and a day. Szombat means 'Saturday' in Hungarian; hely means 'place'; i stands for 'from'. In Hungary there is a town called 'Szombathely'. The name 'Szombathelyi' was given to a person who (or whose ancestor) originated from there.

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Szombathelyi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Szombathelyi is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Szombathelyi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 435,329th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,236,433 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Szombathelyi live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 91 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Hungary, where it is borne by 718 people, or 1 in 13,672. In Hungary it is most common in: Budapest, where 31 percent reside, Csongrád County, where 12 percent reside and Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Hungary Szombathelyi occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Szombathelyi Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Szombathelyi earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 20.56% more than the national average, earning $52,021 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.53% less than the national average, earning $40,972 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Szombathely961/
Sombatela761/
Sambathela734/
Sambatali671/
Sambatela671/
Sambhatela642/
Sambathaale611/
Sambatale57183/
Sambetali571/
Sambotoli571/

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