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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian Székely.
Noun
Szekely (plural Szekelys or Szekely)
- Alternative spelling of Székely.
1897, Bram Stoker, “Jonathan Harker’s Journal—continued”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter III, page 32:"We Szekelys have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights, for lordship. […] "
Proper noun
Szekely (plural Szekelys)
- A surname from Hungarian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Szekely is the 25226th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 982 individuals. Szekely is most common among White (95.72%) individuals.
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