# Why does only Hungary have surnames come first?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-only-hungary-have-surnames-come-first/310912 "2005-07-03T13:55:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-only-hungary-have-surnames-come-first/310912/21 "2005-07-04T14:51:24Z")

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[url=“[http://www.helsinki.fi/~jolaakso/f-h-ety.html](http://www.helsinki.fi/~jolaakso/f-h-ety.html)”]Here’s a list of Finnish-Hungarian[/url cognates. Even in this relatively short list, I would say the vast majority of “related words” are incomprehensible to the average speaker.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-only-hungary-have-surnames-come-first/310912/22 "2005-07-04T14:53:03Z")

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[Fixed link.](http://www.helsinki.fi/~jolaakso/f-h-ety.html)

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