Hungarian Last Names

Five real Hungarian family names per press, each with its place in the national count or what the word means.

Hungarian Last Names

  1. SiposAmong the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  2. SzécsiFrom the place name Szécs and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Szecsi.
  3. FaragóFrom faragó (“carver”). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Farago.
  4. PintérFrom pintér (“cooper”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Pinter.
  5. HajduAmong the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.

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These Hungarian last names are real: the 100 commonest family names in Hungary's population register and 90 more from a dictionary, most with what the word means. Kovács is a smith, Szabó a tailor, Nagy big.

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What Hungarian last names mean

Most are everyday Hungarian words. The dropdown, Kind, keeps the 36 trades (Molnár, miller; Takács, weaver), the 13 names of peoples (Horváth, Croatian; Németh, German), the 39 looks, traits and other words (Fekete, black), the 49 first names used as family names, or the 33 place names with the ending -i.

The 100 commonest, in three bands

Under More filters, Place in the count keeps the 10 commonest names, places 11 to 50 or places 51 to 100 of the register of 1 January 2026. In Hungary the family name is written first, before the given name.

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  • A card prints the spelling without accents where it differs: Kovács, Kovacs.
  • 20 of the 100 commonest have no origin to print; their cards give the place in the count alone.

Questions and answers

What is the most common Hungarian last name?

Nagy, which means big or great. Kovács, Tóth, Szabó and Horváth follow it in the Interior Ministry's count of birth family names in the register on 1 January 2026.

What do Hungarian last names mean?

Most are plain words: a trade (Kovács, smith; Szabó, tailor), a people (Tóth, Slovak; Horváth, Croatian), a look (Kiss, small; Fekete, black), a father's first name (Balázs, Simon) or a place name with -i.

Why do so many Hungarian last names end in -i?

The ending -i makes a word that means of or from a place. The dictionary gives Szilágyi as from Szilágy, Budai as from Buda and Debreceni as from Debrecen.

Does the last name come first in Hungary?

Yes. In Hungarian the family name is written before the given name, so Kovács comes first and the first name follows. Texts in English usually turn the order around.

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All 190 last names

A trade 36

  • Béres As a word, béres means farmhand, farmworker, hired hand, field hand. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Beres.
  • Bodnár From bodnár (“cooper”). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Bodnar.
  • Bognár From bognár (“cartwright”). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Bognar.
  • Borbély As a word, borbély means barber. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Borbely.
  • Dobos As a word, dobos means drummer. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Érsek From érsek (“archbishop”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Ersek.
  • Faragó From faragó (“carver”). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Farago.
  • Fazekas From fazekas (“potter”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Gulyás From gulyás (“herdsman”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Gulyas.
  • Hajdú As a word, hajdú means armed cattle drover. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Hajdu.
  • Halász As a word, halász means fisherman, fisher. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Halasz.
  • Hegedűs As a word, hegedűs means violinist. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Hegedus.
  • Juhász From juhász (“shepherd”), from juh (“sheep”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Juhasz.
  • Kádár From kádár (“cooper”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Kadar.
  • Katona From katona (“soldier”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Kertész From kertész (“gardener, horticulturist”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Kertesz.
  • Kocsis As a word, kocsis means coachman. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Kőfaragó From kőfaragó (“stonemason”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Kofarago.
  • Kovács A common surname of Slavic origin, from a word for a smith; as a Hungarian word, kovács means smith. Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Kovacs.
  • Kulcsár From kulcsár (“steward”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Kulcsar.
  • Lakatos As a word, lakatos means locksmith. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Lovas From lovas (“rider, horseman”). Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Mészáros From mészáros (“butcher”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Meszaros.
  • Molnár From molnár (“miller”). Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Molnar.
  • Pap As a word, pap means priest. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Papp An encyclopedia's page on this surname says it means priest, in Hungarian pap. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Pásztor As a word, pásztor means shepherd, herder, herdsman. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Pasztor.
  • Pintér From pintér (“cooper”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Pinter.
  • Puskás From puskás (“shooter”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Puskas.
  • Révész From révész (“ferryman”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Revesz.
  • Szabó From szabó (“tailor”). Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Szabo.
  • Szakács As a word, szakács means cook, chef. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Szakacs.
  • Szekeres From szekeres (“carter”). Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Szűcs As a word, szűcs means furrier. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Szucs.
  • Takács As a word, takács means weaver. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Takacs.
  • Varga From varga (“shoemaker”). Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary.

A people 13

  • Cseh As a word, cseh means Czech. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Horváth From horvát (“Croatian”). Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Horvath.
  • Kun From kun (“Cuman”). Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Lengyel As a word, lengyel means Polish. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Magyar From magyar (“Hungarian”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Németh From német (“German”). Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Nemeth.
  • Oláh From oláh, an old word for a Vlach or Romanian. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Olah.
  • Orosz As a word, orosz means Russian. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Polyák From polyák (“Pole”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Polyak.
  • Rácz From rác, an old word for a Serb. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Racz.
  • Székely From székely (“Székely”). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Szekely.
  • Török As a word, török means Turkish. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Torok.
  • Tóth From the common noun tót (“Slovak, Slovene; in older use, Slav”). Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Toth.

A look, a trait or another word 39

  • Balog A spelling of Balogh, which is on this list. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Balogh From the old or dialect word balog (“left-handed”), from bal (“left”). Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Barna As a word, barna means brown. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Borsos As a word, borsos means peppery. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Császár As a word, császár means emperor. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Csaszar.
  • Dobó As a word, dobó means thrower, pitcher, caster. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Dobo.
  • Erdős As a word, erdős means forested, wooded. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Erdos.
  • Farkas As a word, farkas means wolf. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Fehér As a word, fehér means white. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Feher.
  • Fekete As a word, fekete means black. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Fodor As a word, fodor means frill, ruffle. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Gyapjas From gyapjas (“woolly”), from gyapjú (“wool”). Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Gyökeres As a word, gyökeres means rooted. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Gyokeres.
  • Hajnal From the noun hajnal (“dawn”). Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Hámori From hámor (“forging mill”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Hamori.
  • Határ As a word, határ means limit, boundary. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Hatar.
  • Hosszú As a word, hosszú means long. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Hosszu.
  • Kasza As a word, kasza means scythe. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Kerekes As a word, kerekes means wheeled. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Király From király (“king”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Kiraly.
  • Kis From kis (“small, little”). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Kiss From the adjective kis (“small”). Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Major As a word, major means farm. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Mezei As a word, mezei means field, meadow. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Mező From mező (“field”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Mezo.
  • Nádas As a word, nádas means reedy, reeded. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Nadas.
  • Nagy From nagy (“great, grand, big”). Among the 10 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Nemes From nemes (“noble; nobleman”). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Polgár From polgár (“citizen”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Polgar.
  • Réti As a word, réti means meadow, field, grassland. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Reti.
  • Róna As a word, róna means plain. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Rona.
  • Rózsa As a word, rózsa means rose. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Rozsa.
  • Selymes From selymes (“silky”). Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Szigeti From szigeti (“islander”). Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Szőke As a word, szőke means blond, blonde. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Szoke.
  • Végh From the Hungarian noun vég (“end, border”). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Vegh.
  • Veres As a word, veres is another form of vörös (“red”). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Virág As a word, virág means flower. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Virag.
  • Vörös From vörös (“red”). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Voros.

A father's first name 49

  • Ábel Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Abel). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Abel.
  • Ádám Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Adam). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Adam.
  • Antal From Latin Antonius; also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Anthony). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Balassa Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Balázs Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Blase). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Balazs.
  • Bali From the given name Balázs or Bálint. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Bálint Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Valentine). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Balint.
  • Benkő Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Benko.
  • Bogdán Also a Hungarian man's first name. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Bogdan.
  • Buda Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Csoma Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Dávid Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, David). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: David.
  • Dénes Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Dennis). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Denes.
  • Dózsa Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Dozsa.
  • Fábián From Latin Fabianus. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Fabian.
  • Ferenczi From Ferenc (“Francis”) and the ending -i: the son or descendant of a man named Ferenc. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Fülöp Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Philip). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Fulop.
  • Gál Shortened from Gálos, the old Hungarian form of Gallusz, from Latin Gallus. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Gal.
  • Gáspár Also a Hungarian man's first name. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Gaspar.
  • Gergely Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Gregory). Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Gyenes An older form of the given name Dénes. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Hont Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Illés Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Elijah). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Illes.
  • Imre Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Jakab Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, James). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Jónás Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Jonah). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Jonas.
  • Józsa Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Jozsa.
  • Kardos Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Kelemen Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Clement). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Kozma Also a Hungarian man's first name. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Krisztián Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Christian). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Krisztian.
  • Lackó Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Lacko.
  • László Also a Hungarian man's first name. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Laszlo.
  • Lukács Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Luke). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Lukacs.
  • Márton Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Martin). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Marton.
  • Máté Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Matthew). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Mate.
  • Mátyus Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Matyus.
  • Mihály Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Michael). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Mihaly.
  • Ódor From Oldruch, an older Hungarian form of Ulrik. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Odor.
  • Orbán From Latin Urbanus, from a word for “of a city”. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Orban.
  • Pál Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Paul). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Pal.
  • Palkó From the given name Pál and the ending -kó. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Palko.
  • Péter Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Peter). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Peter.
  • Radó Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Rado.
  • Sándor Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Alexander). Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Sandor.
  • Sebestyén Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Sebastian). Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Sebestyen.
  • Simon Also a Hungarian man's first name. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Szemere Also a Hungarian man's first name. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Tamás Also a Hungarian man's first name (in English, Thomas). Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Tamas.

A place name with -i 33

  • Almási From the place name Almás and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Almasi.
  • Baranyi From the place name Baranya and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Bihari From the place name Bihar and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Budai From the place name Buda and the ending -i. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Csáki From the place name Csák and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Csaki.
  • Debreceni From the place name Debrecen and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Egri As a word, egri means of or from Eger. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Erdélyi From the place name Erdély and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Erdelyi.
  • Etényi From the place name Etény and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Etenyi.
  • Huszti From the place name Huszt, now Khust in Ukraine, and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Kányádi From the place name Kányád, a village in Romania, and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Kanyadi.
  • Kókai From the place name Kóka and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Kokai.
  • Kökényesi From the place name Kökényes and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Kokenyesi.
  • Kőrösi From the place name Kőrös and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Korosi.
  • Mándi From the place name Mánd and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Mandi.
  • Marosi From Maros, the Hungarian name of the river Mureș, and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Munkácsi From the place name Munkács and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Munkacsi.
  • Nyitrai From the place name Nyitra and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Pataki From the place name Patak and the ending -i. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Pécsi From the place name Pécs and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Pecsi.
  • Salánki From the place name Salánk and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Salanki.
  • Sárközi From the place name Sárköz and the ending -i. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Sarkozi.
  • Somogyi From the place name Somogy and the ending -i. Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Szatmári From the place name Szatmár and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Szatmari.
  • Szécsi From the place name Szécs and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Szecsi.
  • Szegedi From the place name Szeged and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Szénási From the place name Szénás, now Senica in Slovakia. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Szenasi.
  • Szilágyi From the place name Szilágy and the ending -i. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Szilagyi.
  • Tapolcai From the place name Tapolca and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest.
  • Tarjáni From the place name Tarján and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Tarjani.
  • Váci As a word, váci means of or from Vác. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Vaci.
  • Vajányi From the place name Vajány and the ending -i. Outside the 100 commonest. Without accents: Vajanyi.
  • Váradi From the place name Várad and the ending -i. Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Varadi.

No origin on the card 20

  • Bakos Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Balla Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Barta Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Berki Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Biró Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Biro.
  • Boros Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Csonka Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Deák Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Deak.
  • Dudás Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Dudas.
  • Hajdu Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Hegedüs Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Hegedus.
  • Lőrincz Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Lorincz.
  • Novák Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Novak.
  • Orsós Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Orsos.
  • Sipos Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Soós Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Soos.
  • Szalai Among the 50 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Szücs Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary. Without accents: Szucs.
  • Vass Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
  • Vincze Among the 100 commonest family names in Hungary.
How this list was compiled

Two public sources, read on 2 October 2026. One: the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior's table of the 100 most frequent birth family names in the population register on 1 January 2026 (Belügyminisztérium, 'Születési családnevek 2026', https://cdn.kormany.hu/uploads/document/a/ab/abb/abb23fee88bca655a7148ed448b50298bb0e5fa6.xlsx, the file Wikipedia's list of most common surnames in European countries cites for Hungary). All 100 names of that table are listed, in the spelling of the register, and a card says which band a name stands in (the 10 commonest, places 11 to 50, places 51 to 100); no figure is printed. Two spellings that the register counts apart (Kis and Kiss, Pap and Papp, Szűcs and Szücs, Hegedűs and Hegedüs, Balogh and Balog) are two cards. Two: English Wiktionary's category of Hungarian surnames (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Hungarian_surnames, CC BY-SA 4.0). A name outside the 100 is listed only when its entry there, or the entry of the Hungarian word spelled the same, gives a meaning: 90 such names. A card's meaning is the etymology of the surname's entry, cut to its first clause, or 'As a word, ...' with the first sense of the Hungarian word of the same spelling, or the note that the name is also a man's first name where the entry lists one; 170 cards carry such a line and 20 cards of the 100 commonest carry none: the dictionary gives none, or for one name only a sense about drink. For Papp the gloss is the one on English Wikipedia's page for the surname (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papp), and the card says so. Glosses about drink and a few wrong or unkind senses were left off. The kind a name is sorted under (a trade, a people, a look or trait, a father's first name, a place name with -i) is our own sorting from that line. An origin is what a dictionary records for the surname in general, not for any one family. Names tied to one famous person (composers, noble houses, a poet, a minister in office) were left out. That the family name is written first in Hungary was checked on Wikipedia's article 'Hungarian name' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_name). Counted on 2 October 2026: 36 of 190 names (18.9 in 100) also stand in another list of this site. Every card that states a meaning keeps the address of the page it was read on. Licence: The register table is a publication of the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior; only the order of the names is used, as bands, with credit. Meanings draw on English Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The sorting into kinds and the wording of the cards are our own work.