Temesvári Surname

198,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

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.

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Temesvári Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary2,0951:4,686545
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

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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Temesvári Last Name Facts

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

The last name Temesvári is found in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Temesvari or Temešvari. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Temesvári? popularity and diffusion

Temesvári is the 198,900th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 3,468,608 people. The last name Temesvári is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Temesvári live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

Temesvári is most numerous in Hungary, where it is held by 2,095 people, or 1 in 4,686. In Hungary it is primarily found in: Budapest, where 23 percent reside, Csongrád County, where 19 percent reside and Pest County, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Hungary it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 0 percent reside and Russia, where 0 percent reside.

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