The Fodor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,112 people carried this name — #14,213 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,076 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Fodor surname
A male surname from Hungarian.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fodor» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
139 people named Fodor live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 114 people named Fodor live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Fodor.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Fodor live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
100 people named Fodor is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Fodor in American newspapers,
1891–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,349 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fodor,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carel Anton Fodor 1768–1846 · composer -
Josephine Fodor 1789–1870 · opera singer -
József Fodor 1843–1901 · physician -
István Fodor 1856–1929 · electrical engineer -
Károly Fodor 1856–1927 · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 216 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fodor.
- Fluck 732 · U.S. census
- Fluckiger 523 · U.S. census
- Fluet 389 · U.S. census
- Fluhr 552 · U.S. census
- Flury 1,124 · U.S. census
- Fobert 232 · U.S. census
- Foell 564 · U.S. census
- Foeller 270 · U.S. census
- Foerster 2,792 · U.S. census
- Fofana 1,806 · U.S. census
- Fogel 4,973 · U.S. census
- Foglia 1,079 · U.S. census
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