The Nagy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,497 people carried this name — #2,354 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (15,545).
What the name means
The meaning of the Nagy surname
A surname, equivalent to English Grand.
From nagy (“great, grand, big”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nagy» (Hungarian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,120 people named Nagy live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 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 373 people named Nagy 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 359 people named Nagy.
Most of them — 203 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 306 people named Nagy 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
130 people named Nagy have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 397 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
1,133 people named Nagy are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Nagy,
with a public archive behind them.
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János Nagy 1809–1885 · linguist -
László Nagy 1816–1875 · teacher -
József Nagy 1818–1892 · writer -
Miklós Nagy 1840–1907 · jurist -
Ferenc Nagy 1852–1928 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 190 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nagy.
- Naeyaert 136 · U.S. census
- Nafziger 1,133 · U.S. census
- Naga 145 · U.S. census
- Nagel 14,545 · U.S. census
- Nageotte 306 · U.S. census
- Nagera 209 · U.S. census
- Nahmias 351 · U.S. census
- Nahon 141 · U.S. census
- Nahum 269 · U.S. census
- Nail 7,133 · U.S. census
- Naillon 399 · U.S. census
- Naim 786 · U.S. census
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