Szép Surname

84,113th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,747 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Szép Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'nice' (as in nice-looking) in Hungarian.

Szép Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary5,3691:1,828199
Romania2751:73,0108,699
Slovakia821:65,07912,610
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Szep (1,866) are calculated separately.

Szép Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'nice' (as in nice-looking) in Hungarian.

- vidurfi

Szép Last Name Facts

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

Szép is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Szep. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Szép? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 84,113th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,268,061 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Szép are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name Szép is most widely held in Hungary, where it is borne by 5,369 people, or 1 in 1,828. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Budapest, where 15 percent are found, Pest County, where 10 percent are found and Vas County, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Hungary this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 5 percent are found and Slovakia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Szep921,866/
Sép861/
Szyp75160/
Szip7552/
Sizp756/
Sépe751/
Szepe67298/
Szeip67190/
Szaip6714/
Szypp6710/
Szepf678/
Szájp678/
Szypt677/
Szipp674/
Szajp674/
Szèpe671/
Szept671/
Szepp671/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Szép
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