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Hegedus Family History

Hegedus Surname Meaning

Hungarian (Hegedűs and Hegedüs): occupational name for a player on the fiddle hegedü. This surname is also found in Slovakia (compare 2 below).

Croatian and Slovenian (Hegeduš); Slovak (Hegedűš, Hegedüš, and Hegeduš): occupational name from hegeduš ‘fiddler’, a dialect loanword from Hungarian hegedűs, or in Slovakia, a Slavicized form of the Hungarian surnames Hegedűs and Hegedüs (see 1 above).

Jewish (from Hungary; Hegedűs and Hegedüs): adoption of the name in 1 above either as a Hungarian calque of the formerly used German-based surname or because the Hungarian surname (or word) has some sounds in common with the original surname.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Hegedus families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Hegedus family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1891 and 1920. The most Hegedus families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there was 1 Hegedus family living in Lancashire. This was 100% of all the recorded Hegedus's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Hegedus families in 1891.
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What did your Hegedus ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Domestic Servant was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Hegedus. 100% of Hegedus women worked as a Domestic Servant.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Domestic Servant
    100%

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Between 1947 and 2004, in the United States, Hegedus life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1958, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Hegedus in 1947 was 56, and 79 in 2004.

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