The Takacs surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,135 people carried this name — #10,284 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 3,233 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
184 people named Takacs live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 96 people named Takacs.
Most of them — 61 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 58 people named Takacs 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 Chaco.
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 the Nordic population registers
103 people named Takacs 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
Takacs in American newspapers,
1900–1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,023 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Takacs,
with a public archive behind them.
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Esteban Takacs 1928–2005 · agricultural engineer -
Silvia Kumpan-Takacs 1979– · politician -
André De Takacs 1880–1919 · illustrator
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Christoph Takacs 1963– · television presenter
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Thomas Takacs 1986– · researcher
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Tobias Takacs 2003– · musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 16 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Takacs.
- Taibi 429 · U.S. census
- Taiclet 186 · U.S. census
- Taillefer 204 · U.S. census
- Taillon 673 · U.S. census
- Tain 166 · U.S. census
- Taing 2,350 · U.S. census
- Talarczyk 164 · U.S. census
- Talarico 2,691 · U.S. census
- Talavera 7,777 · U.S. census
- Talbot 15,562 · U.S. census
- Taleb 507 · U.S. census
- Taliercio 470 · U.S. census
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