# Szabo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/szabo/  
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) | 7,678 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,619 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,212 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (7,672 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Szabó, from szabó (“tailor”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Szabo 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) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

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

## People named Szabo

- Herma Szabo, Austrian figure skater
- Nick Szabo, American computer scientist
- Ervin Szabó, Anarcho-syndicalist social scientist and librarian
- Sándor Szabó, (1915–1997) Hungarian actor
- József Szabó, association footballer (b. 1896)
- Otto Szabó, association football player (b. 1981)
- Christa von Szabó, Austrian figure skater

## Similar surnames

Sabo, Sapp, Schwab, Shipp, Swope, Savoy, Schaub, Sipe, Shupe, Savoie, Schaaf, Shoup.

## 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.