Valkai
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/vɑlkɑi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Valkai is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Hungary. Recorded meaning: Típusa: Helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév.
- HUHungary
- HRCroatia
- RORomania
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Típusa: Helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: Előzménye, a legtöbb szláv nyelvben megtalálható ’farkas’ jelentésű vlk szó sok helynév részét képezi általában *vlkov birtokos alakban, amelynek jelentése ’farkasé, farkashoz tartozó’. Több helynévnek volt előtagja, mint a magyarban a ’Farkasárok, Farkasgödör, Farkasvölgy’ stb. összetételekben, amelyekből a magyar az utótagot elhagyta. A megmaradó előtag *v™lk™ > v™lk™u > valkó ~ válkó változásokon keresztül vált településnévvé Baranya, Kolozs, Kraszna, Pest, Somogy, Zemplén vármegyében. Valkóvár (ma Vukovár) nevéből pedig vármegye neve is lett a Dráva–Száva közének keleti felében. Mind a településnevek bármelyike, mind a vármegye neve megkaphatta az ’onnan/oda való’ jelentésű -i képzőt, és eredetre, származási helyre utaló családnévvé lett. A Valkai nevek akkor alakultak ki, amikor még a helynév ejtése *V™lk™ volt, s a *V™lk™i alakból kiesett a két magánhangzó közötti (intervokális) -- hang. A Valkai alakokból pedig a magánhangzó-találkozás (hiátus) kiküszöbölése céljából kiesett az -a- hang is. Elterjedtsége: Pesttől délre, a Duna–Tisza közén, a Dunántúl délkeleti részén és Csongrád megyében gyakoribb.
Sources 1
- Családnevek enciklopédiája
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ágnes Valkaib. 1981HUHungarian water polo player
- Ildikó ValkaiHUresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-1881-2547
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 38 | #15,861 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 33 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2 | #144,844 |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- How do you pronounce Valkai?
- A machine transcription gives /vɑlkɑi/ (IPA) for Hungarian.
- What does the name Valkai mean?
- Recorded meaning: Típusa: Helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév.
- In which country does Valkai have the most bearers?
- Valkai is most frequently recorded in Hungary.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Valkai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.