Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
DEÁK
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| Origin | of Hungarian origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to an occupation, activity or social status |
| Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event |
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The name is derived from the Hungarian common noun deák meaning ‘clerk, secretary, student, priest’ and refers to an occupation. In the case of another meaning of the word (‘learned man’), it refers to a characteristic feature. |