Sarkany Family History & Genealogy
Sarkany Last Name History & Origin
AddSummary
The Sarkany family comes from Hungary (or Romania, depending on the political boundaries of the times) and has a long and detailed history (see below). Sarkany means "dragon" and is also the name of a town in the Hungary/Transylvania area.
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Name Origin
As you can tell from what I found above, the name Sarkany means, literally, "dragon." The town of Sarkany bred warriors for Hungary and later Romania since the time of the Huns.
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Nationality & Ethnicity
The Sarkany country of origin is Hungary. The first descendants of Sarkany came from a town of the same name (Sárkány or Sercaia) in the Southeast corner of Transylvania (known as Erdely to the Hungarians). Sercaia was created under the name Sárkány during
the 1000 years that Transylvania was part of Hungary. After WWI and WWII, Transylvania was given to Romania and the name was changed to Sercaia.
Village Names:
* German: Schirkanyen
* Hungarian: Sárkány
* Official: Sercaia
* Spelling and/or dialect variants: Schirkonyen, Serpeni, Scharken
Location:
* Country: Romania
* About 14 km east of Fagaras on the highway
* Postal-Code: 2261
Genealogical Records:
* FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Sárkány
* FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529971, item 1
Miscellaneous:
* Founded by the Teutonic Order of Knights; documented 1235 as Sárkám
* Kirchenburg/church fortress
* HOG and Ortsgenealoge
God of the Huns:
The Huns worshipped a god by the name of Sárkány. He was often associated with
rain, storms, and fertility! The Christians missionaries demonized him, but he was well respected in the folklore of both the Huns and the Goths. The god Sárkány can be traced all the way back to the Sumerian god Sirmush.
Sumeria is also the origin of the Royal Dragon Court (Sárkány Rend), which is an
interesting organization. More about this can be found on the following links:
. One thing to note is the similarity of
the dragon on the crest of the Royal Dragon Court and the dragon on the
Ilencsfalva Sárkány family crest, both containing the serpent or dragon clutching
its own tail, 'a symbol of wholeness and wisdom'. Dragon myths were quite common amongst various groups of nations from Mesopotamia to the far East as well as the American Indians. The Hopi beliefs are quite similar to these, as is the Maya KuKul Kan "feathered serpent". The
Germanic people also had them, but they were normally destructive just as in the Biblical versions. In Hungarian tradition the dragon is related to both fertility of plants and animals and to floods and rains.
The Ilencsfalve Sárkány family is most likely originally of Székely (Seklers) origin. The Székely claim to be descended from the Huns (as in Attila) who are by Hungarian legends related to the Hungarians (legend of the Stag - Hunor & Magyor - see: )
The Székely were assigned the duty of Border Guards of Transylvania (see: and
This family is Hungarian and/or Romanian, depending on whose political country lines you are using.
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