Puskas

surname · Latin script

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

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

Puskas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Hungarian Puskás.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 390K(measured from records)
  • RORomania≈1 in 35K
  • HRCroatia1 in 40K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,200 people, est.

Sources
164 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 35K (inferred from the name graph)

Romania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Hungarian Puskás.

Sources 1

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Puskas 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 Puskas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈7,200 est.≈1 in 194K—Puskas1
US United States8531 in 390K870Puskas164
RO Romania≈600 est.≈1 in 35K—Puskas8
GB United Kingdom≈220 est.≈1 in 306K37Puskas31
CA Canada≈210 est.≈1 in 181K—Puskas54
HR Croatia1051 in 40K105——
IE Ireland≈56 est.≈1 in 92K—Puskas4

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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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)

Puskas is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Romania, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hungarian, Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Puskás

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Puškaš, Puškáš, Puşkás, Puskás

  • Czech surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, United States

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Puškáš, Puskás, Puškaš

37 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Puskas is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Jāņu vakarā nolauzti zari un augi (zaļumi)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Pušķi un ziedi telpu dekorēšanai

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

FormalDear Puskas,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Puskas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000870#26,394
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010853#28,065
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020828#30,247
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200237#61,294
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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 Puskas mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Hungarian Puskás. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Puskas?
A machine transcription gives /ˈpəskəz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Puskas have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.2 thousand people named Puskas in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled puskas.
How common is the name Puskas?
In the United States, the national register counted 853 people named Puskas in 2010, about 1 in 390 thousand residents.

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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, “Puskas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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