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    The surname Lengyel

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 1,705 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L524

    Lengyel: #16,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lengyel #16,761, 1,705 people Lengyel: #16,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lengyel #16,761, 1,705 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lengyel is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    From Hungarian lengyel (“Polish”), from Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ.

    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 1,705 people named Lengyel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,082 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,684.

    #16,761
    rank among US surnames
    1,705
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,861)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,755Pandey1,706180,976
    #16,761Kafka1,705181,082
    #16,765Curtsinger1,704181,189

    Who is named Lengyel

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

    96% of people named Lengyel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Lengyel

    Lengyel has the Soundex code L524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L524.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lengyel come from?
    From Hungarian lengyel (“Polish”), from Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ.
    How common is the surname Lengyel?
    1,705 people in the United States had the surname Lengyel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,082 Americans. It ranked 16,761st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lengyel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lengyel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lengyel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,705 in 2010, up 1.2%.