How common is the surname Szabo?

7,678 people in the United States had the surname Szabo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,212 Americans. It ranked 4,619th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Szabo?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Szabo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Szabo?

Herma Szabo, Austrian figure skater, followed by Nick Szabo.

Where is the surname Szabo most common?

Wikidata records people named Szabo in Hungary, Austria and the United States and 1 other country.

Is the surname Szabo getting more or less common?

More common. 7,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,678 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Szabo

A Hungarian surname, carried by 7,678 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Szabo is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

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

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 7,678 people named Szabo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,212 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,672.

#4,619

rank among US surnames

7,678

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,278)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,610	Ovalle	7,698	40,107
#4,611	Everson	7,694	40,128
#4,613	Shores	7,691	40,144
#4,614	Yuen	7,688	40,159
#4,615	Fontana	7,685	40,175
#4,616	Spruill	7,683	40,186
#4,617	Hofer	7,682	40,191

Who is named Szabo

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

95% of people named Szabo identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Szabos

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Herma Szabo
Austrian figure skater, 1902–1986
Nick Szabo
American computer scientist, born 1964
Ervin Szabó
Anarcho-syndicalist social scientist and librarian, 1877–1918
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, 1894–1958

Notable Szabos come mostly from Hungary (3), Austria (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Szabo

Sabo

Szabo has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Szabo come from?: Borrowed from Hungarian Szabó, from szabó (“tailor”).
How common is the surname Szabo?: 7,678 people in the United States had the surname Szabo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,212 Americans. It ranked 4,619th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Szabo?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Szabo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Szabo?: Herma Szabo, Austrian figure skater, followed by Nick Szabo.
Where is the surname Szabo most common?: Wikidata records people named Szabo in Hungary, Austria and the United States and 1 other country.
Is the surname Szabo getting more or less common?: More common. 7,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,678 in 2010, up 0.1%.