Nagy is the most common Hungarian surname, meaning "great".
Lukács is a Hungarian surname, derived from the given name Lukács, which is the Hungarian equivalent of Lucas. Alternative spellings and derivative forms in neighboring languages include Lukacs, Lukáč, Lukač, Lukach, Lucaci and Lukačić. The surname may refer to:
Novak, Novák, Nowak or Novack is a Slavic surname and masculine given name, derived from the word for "new", which depending on the exact language and usage, translates as "novice", "new man", "newcomer", or "stranger". The name was often given to a new arrival in a city or a convert to Christianity. It was also used for newcomers to an army and as an occupational surname for people who used the slash-and-burn method to create new arable land—novina. It is pronounced almost the same way in most languages, with the stress on the first syllable. The main exception is Slovene, which places the stress on the last syllable.
Sam Jankovich was an American sports administrator who held several positions, including athletic director at the Washington State University and the University of Miami. He also was the CEO of the New England Patriots of the National Football League and president and general manager of the Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena Football League.
Kovač, meaning "blacksmith" in Slavic languages, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia. In Slovakia the surname is Kováč.
Kovačić, alternatively spelled Kovačič in Slovene and Slovak, Kovacsics in Hungarian, or transliterated as Kovacic/Kovacich/Kovachich in English, is one of the most common surnames in Croatia, Slovenia, as well as Hungary and Serbia. Etymologically it is a patronymic derivative of the surname Kovač, which is a Slavic cognate of the English surname Smith, and as such is closely related to the similar surname Kovačević.
Horváth is a common Hungarian and Slovak surname. It comes from horvát ("Croat"), which was borrowed from a Slavic language. The related surname Horvat, which is derived from an older version of the Croatian noun "Hrvat" ("Croat"), is the most common surname in Croatia or the Croatian diaspora. "Horváth" is the 4th most common surname in Hungary and the most common in Slovakia. After a brief period of independence, Croatia was added to the Kingdom of Hungary in the 11th century when the Kingdom of Croatia's primogeniture fell on Hungarian relations. When Austria and Hungary joined into Austro-Hungarian Empire having been ruled by the same royal house, Croats lived and freely moved throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Austria. Therefore, members of this family can be found across the world, and are most numerous in the United States. Variations of the name include Horvat, Horvaty, Hrvat, Chorbadi, Orbath, Orvath, Orvat.
Németh is a Hungarian surname. In Hungarian, német means "German" ; the h is a remnant of obsolete Hungarian spelling, as frequently found in names, especially in families of noble origin. Alternate spellings include "Nemeth", "Neimeth", "Német", "Nemath", "Namath", "Nameth", "Nemet" and "Nimitz". The name is also common in Austria and Germany. It is an uncommon given name. People with the name or its variants include:
Miklós is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek Νικόλαος, and may refer to:
Janković is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from Janko. It is found in Serbia, Croatia, and Montenegro. It may refer to:
Weisz, in a form of sz, is a Hungarian surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Timothy Robert Jankovich is an American college basketball coach and head coach at Southern Methodist University. During his first year (2007–08) at Illinois State, Jankovich led the Redbirds to a 13–5 second-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference – even though pre-season polls voted the team to be a fifth-place finisher. He was an assistant basketball coach at Kansas for four years, and served under current Kansas head coach Bill Self at Kansas and Illinois.
Somogygeszti is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. It dates back to 1302 when the village was called Geszte. The name of the settlement was derived from the Hungarian word "Gesztenye" which means chestnut, due to the large number of chestnut trees in the area.
Feher, or more properly Fehér, is a surname of Hungarian origin, meaning white. Bearers of the name include the following:
Oláh or Olah is a Hungarian language surname, which means "Romanian", derived from the word volách, and from that vlach, meaning "speaker of a Romance language".
Bodnar or Bodnár is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Varga or Vargha is a Hungarian language occupational surname derived from the Hungarian term "Varga".
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