The Juhasz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,310 people carried this name — #20,299 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,326 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Juhasz surname
Borrowed from Hungarian Juhász, an occupational surname from juhász (“shepherd”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Juhasz» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
173 people named Juhasz live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 98 people named Juhasz 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 66 people named Juhasz.
Most of them — 48 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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 the Nordic population registers
99 people named Juhasz 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
Juhasz in American newspapers,
1899–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,190 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Juhasz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonia Juhasz 1970– · journalist -
Suzanne Juhasz 1942– · scholar of English
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Alexander Juhasz 1958– · water polo player
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Alexandra Juhasz 1964– · writer
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Nora Juhasz 1974–
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Mike Juhasz 1976– · American football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 18 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Juhasz.
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