Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
PUSZTAI
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| Origin | of Hungarian origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to the place of residence, origin or estate |
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The name is derived from the Hungarian common noun puszta meaning ‘field, prairie’, or from the posterior constituent -puszta of a place name (settlement name, derived from the above-mentioned common noun) with the suffix -i, and refers to a place of residence, origin or estate. Variant: Pusztay. |