Ványi Surname

322,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Ványi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ványi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1,1411:8,6031,010
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Vanyi (205) are calculated separately.

Ványi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ványi is carried by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Vanyi. For other possible spellings of Ványi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ványi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 322,477th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,298,657 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ványi are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname Ványi is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is borne by 1,141 people, or 1 in 8,603. In Hungary it is most numerous in: Pest County, where 36 percent are found, Budapest, where 17 percent are found and Hajdú-Bihar County, where 16 percent are found. Not including Hungary it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vanyi93205/
Váni89225/
Bányi80331/
Vániš806/
Fányi801/
Vonyi801/
Voinyi7367/
Vosnyi734/
Vuanyi731/
Vaanyi731/
Vani6785,307/
Vany67622/
Voni67545/
Vony67186/
Váně67114/
Váné6724/
Vahanyi6720/
Bány6711/
Vána6711/
Báni676/
Vanahyi671/
Fáni671/
Vâni671/

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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
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  • 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 Ványi
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