Vígh Surname

126,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Vígh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vígh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary3,2831:2,990346
Slovakia2861:18,6592,855
Czechia221:483,34051,393
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Vigh (9,281) are calculated separately.

Vígh Last Name Facts

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

Vígh is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Vigh. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vígh.

How Common Is The Last Name Vígh? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 126,449th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,027,698 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vígh live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 91 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name Vígh is most prevalent in Hungary, where it is borne by 3,283 people, or 1 in 2,990. In Hungary Vígh is primarily found in: Csongrád County, where 17 percent live, Pest County, where 13 percent live and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, where 12 percent live. Beside Hungary it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 8 percent live and Czechia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vigh929,281/
Víg861,304/
Végh7515,008/
Vegh752,552/
Vègh751/
Vygh751/
Vaigh674,001/
Veigh67117/
Veegh6774/
Viggh6721/
Voigh675/
Vijgh674/
Viegh671/
Ve'gh671/
Veagh670/
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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 Vígh
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