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The surname Juhasz

A Hungarian occupational surname, carried by 1,310 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J200

Juhasz: #20,299 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Juhasz #20,299, 1,310 people Juhasz: #20,299 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Juhasz #20,299, 1,310 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Juhasz is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

Borrowed from Hungarian Juhász, an occupational surname from juhász (“shepherd”).

Juhasz is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,310 people named Juhasz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,326.

#20,299
rank among US surnames
1,310
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-1.2%
change since 2000 (was #19,007)

Who is named Juhasz

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Juhasz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Juhasz has the Soundex code J200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J200.

Other Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Juhasz come from?
Borrowed from Hungarian Juhász, an occupational surname from juhász (“shepherd”).
How common is the surname Juhasz?
1,310 people in the United States had the surname Juhasz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. It ranked 20,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Juhasz?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Juhasz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Juhasz?
Juhasz is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Juhasz getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,310 in 2010, down 1.2%.
What are other spellings of Juhasz?
Yuhas and Yuhasz.