How common is the surname Nagy?

15,497 people in the United States had the surname Nagy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,923 Americans. It ranked 2,354th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nagy?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nagy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Nagy?

Gregory Nagy, American classical scholar, followed by Phyllis Nagy.

Where is the surname Nagy most common?

Wikidata records people named Nagy in the United States and Hungary.

How do you pronounce Nagy?

Nagy is /ˈnæɡi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Nagy getting more or less common?

Less common. 15,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,497 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Nagy

A Hungarian surname, carried by 15,497 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈnæɡi/ 2 syllables Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nagy is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

Borrowed from Hungarian Nagy.

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 15,497 people named Nagy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,923 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 15,545.

#2,354

rank among US surnames

15,497

people in 2010

5.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,146)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,345	Hough	15,549	19,856
#2,346	Iverson	15,539	19,869
#2,347	Monahan	15,533	19,877
#2,348	Beavers	15,531	19,879
#2,349	Julian	15,520	19,893
#2,350	Ceballos	15,515	19,900
#2,351	Leary	15,505	19,913

Who is named Nagy

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

95% of people named Nagy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nagys

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gregory Nagy
American classical scholar, born 1942
Phyllis Nagy
American writer and director, born 1962
Zsuzsa Nagy
Artistic gymnast, born 1951
Charles Nagy
American baseball player, born 1967
Matt Nagy
American football coach and player (born 1978)

Notable Nagys come mostly from the United States (3) and Hungary (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nagy

Nagy has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nagy come from?: Borrowed from Hungarian Nagy.
How common is the surname Nagy?: 15,497 people in the United States had the surname Nagy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,923 Americans. It ranked 2,354th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nagy?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nagy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nagy?: Gregory Nagy, American classical scholar, followed by Phyllis Nagy.
Where is the surname Nagy most common?: Wikidata records people named Nagy in the United States and Hungary.
How do you pronounce Nagy?: Nagy is /ˈnæɡi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Nagy getting more or less common?: Less common. 15,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,497 in 2010, down 0.3%.