# Szilagyi (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/szilagyi/  
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) | 1,165 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,173 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 265,018 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (1,111 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Szilágyi.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Szilagyi 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 | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Szilagyi in the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria.

## People named Szilagyi

- Erzsébet Szilágyi, 15th century Hungarian queen, noblewoman
- Viktor Szilágyi, Austrian handball player

## Similar surnames

Solis, Salas, Schulz, Seals, Slack, Scales, Sales, Soliz, Sells, Schulze, Sills, Sauls.

## 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.