# Meszaros (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/meszaros/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Hungarian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,808 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,041 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 170,766 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (1,776 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Mészáros.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meszaros in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meszaros in Hungary.

## People named Meszaros

- István Mészáros, (1930–2017) Hungarian philosopher

## Similar surnames

McCracken, McGregor, Majors, McCorkle, MacGregor, Mazariegos, Mijares, Mazurek, Mukherjee, Magers, McCroskey, Messersmith.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.