# Nemeth (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,362 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,241 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,922 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (8,150 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Hungarian Németh, from német (“German”). The system of braille is named for Abraham Nemeth.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nemeth 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% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nemeth in the United States, Hungary and Austria.

## People named Nemeth

- Miklós Németh, (1946–) Hungarian javelin thrower
- Evi Nemeth, American engineer (1940–2013)
- David Nemeth, Austrian association football player
- Zsolt Németh, athletics competitor (1971–)
- Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician (1918–2013)
- Ryan Nemeth, American professional wrestler
- Dolph Ziggler, American professional wrestler (born 1980)

## Similar surnames

Nanda.

## 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.