Kertész

surname · Latin script

Meaning: gardener, horticulturist

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kɛrteːs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kertész is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 652K(measured from records)
  • HUHungary≈1 in 10K
  • RORomania≈1 in 27K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Hungary (inferred from the name graph)

≈960 people, est.

Sources
173 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kertesz in US United States, CA Canada, DE Germany and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

gardener, horticulturist

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kertész counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kertész is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary≈960 est.≈1 in 10K—Kertesz4
RO Romania≈790 est.≈1 in 27K—Kertesz11
US United States5101 in 652K530Kertesz173
CA Canada≈140 est.≈1 in 263K—Kertesz49
DE Germany≈140 est.≈1 in 595KlistedKertesz46
CZ Czechia561 in 191K56——
DK Denmark271 in 217K27——
BZ Belize≈14 est.≈1 in 29K—Kertesz1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kertész is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kertesz

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal

    Also written Kertesz

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18801900192019401960Michael Curtiz, b. 1886Dezső Kertész, b. 1892André Kertész, b. 1894Géza Kertész, b. 1894Imre Kertész, b. 1929István Kertész, b. 1929Ákos Kertész, b. 1932Alice Kertész, b. 1935János Kertész, b. 1950András Kertész, b. 1956

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalTisztelt Kertész!Dear Kertész, (English)
InformalTisztelt Kertész!Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Kertész
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—56#26,917
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—8#45,296

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kertész mean, and where does it come from?
gardener, horticulturist Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Kertész?
A machine transcription gives /kɛrteːs/ (IPA) for Hungarian.
In which country does Kertész have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 963 people named Kertész in Hungary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kertesz.
How common is the name Kertész?
In the United States, the national register counted 510 people named Kertész in 2010, about 1 in 652 thousand residents.

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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kert%C3%A9sz

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kertész”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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