Temesvári Surname
Approximately 2,101 people bear this surname
Temesvári Surname User-submission:
(Hungarian) One who came from Timișoara, a city in Transylvania and Banat, formally owned by the Hungarian Kingdom when it was called Temesvár.
Timișoara, Temesvár, Temišvar, Temes(ch)war, Temeschburg, etc., all come from the term Temeswar, first recorded in 1315.
Read More About This SurnameTemesvári Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 2,095 | 1:4,686 | 545 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Temesvari (169) & Temešvari (41) are calculated separately.
Temesvári Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(Hungarian) One who came from Timișoara, a city in Transylvania and Banat, formally owned by the Hungarian Kingdom when it was called Temesvár.
Timișoara, Temesvár, Temišvar, Temes(ch)war, Temeschburg, etc., all come from the term Temeswar, first recorded in 1315.
Temeswar itself comes from Temes, which refers to the Timiș river in South-West Romania. It comes from the words timiș, which means 'marsh' or 'wet-land' in Dacian, and -vár, which means 'castle' in Hungarian, from Persian war or vara, meaning 'trenches', 'fortress'.
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Where Does The Last Name Temesvári Come From? nationality or country of origin
Temesvári occurs most in Hungary. It can also occur as a variant: Temesvari or Temešvari. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Temesvári? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 198,900th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,468,608 people. The surname Temesvári is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Temesvári are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
Temesvári is most prevalent in Hungary, where it is carried by 2,095 people, or 1 in 4,686. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Budapest, where 23 percent are found, Csongrád County, where 19 percent are found and Pest County, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Hungary this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 0 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temesvari | 96 | 169 | / |
| Temešvari | 93 | 41 | / |
| Temesváry | 89 | 117 | / |
| Temesvary | 78 | 151 | / |
| Tömösvári | 78 | 118 | / |
| Tamesvari | 78 | 5 | / |
| Tomosvári | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tomesvari | 78 | 1 | / |
| Themeswari | 74 | 2 | / |
| Tömösváry | 67 | 127 | / |
| Tomosvari | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tameshwari | 63 | 17 | / |
| Timeshwari | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tomeshwari | 63 | 1 | / |
| Timmeshwari | 60 | 1 | / |
| Thameshvare | 60 | 1 | / |
| Tamasvare | 56 | 69 | / |
| Tomosvary | 56 | 10 | / |
| Tömösvary | 56 | 1 | / |
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