Explore the Family Name Szilagyi

The meaning of Szilagyi

Hungarian (Szilágyi): habitational name for someone from the Szilágyság, now part of Romania, or a habitational name from any of several places called Szilágy in Hungary. Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Laszlo, Zoltan, Bela, Attila, Imre, Antal, Arpad, Balint, Dezso, Gyula, Istvan, Jozsef.

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How common is the last name Szilagyi in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Szilagyi had a slight decrease in rank between 2000 and 2010, shifting from 21,814th to 22,173rd in popularity. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of people with this surname increased by 4.86% during this period, from 1,111 to 1,165. However, the proportion per 100k people slightly decreased by 4.88% over the same decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,814	#22,173	-1.65%
Count	1,111	1,165	4.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.41	0.39	-4.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Szilagyi

When it comes to ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, a significant majority of individuals carrying the Szilagyi surname identify as White- around 96.04% in 2000 and 94.94% in 2010. There was a minor increase in those identifying as Hispanic, with the percentage rising from 2.43% to 2.83%. The percentage of people with this surname identifying with two or more ethnicities also rose slightly, from 1.08% to 1.12%. Interestingly, there was an emergence of American Indian and Alaskan Native identification within this surname group in 2010, which wasn't present in the 2000 data. Meanwhile, those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black remained at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.04%	94.94%	-1.15%
Hispanic	2.43%	2.83%	16.46%
Two or More Races	1.08%	1.12%	3.7%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.43%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%