Table 2.

Social status of surname types, 1940–2017 — medical graduates

Decade	..y surnames	High-status	20 most	Low-status	Romani-
		surnames 1920–39	common surnames	surnames 1920–39	associated surnames
Panel A: Population shares
1940–49	0.025	0.005	0.232	0.074	0.012
1950–59	0.024	0.005	0.255	0.071	0.013
1960–69	0.022	0.005	0.249	0.070	0.016
1970–79	0.021	0.005	0.243	0.070	0.020
1980–89	0.020	0.006	0.237	0.069	0.023
1990–99	0.019	0.006	0.231	0.068	0.026
2000–09	0.018	0.006	0.229	0.068	0.029
2010–19	0.018	0.006	0.229	0.068	0.032
Panel B: Relative representation among doctors, vs total population
1940–49	4.57	5.80	0.52	0.05	0.81
1950–59	4.01	2.93	0.57	0.67	0.56
1960–69	3.72	3.34	0.66	0.68	0.49
1970–79	3.22	2.57	0.70	0.60	0.43
1980–89	2.50	2.11	0.77	0.62	0.36
1990–99	2.86	2.16	0.80	0.64	0.33
2000–09	2.69	2.05	0.86	0.80	0.31
2010–19	2.64	2.08	0.91	0.79	0.33
Panel C: Implied mean social status
1940–49	0.57	0.68	-0.20	-0.23	-0.07
1950–59	0.51	0.40	-0.18	-0.14	-0.18
1960–69	0.49	0.44	-0.14	-0.12	-0.23
1970–79	0.43	0.34	-0.11	-0.17	-0.28
1980–89	0.34	0.27	-0.07	-0.15	-0.33
1990–99	0.38	0.28	-0.07	-0.14	-0.36
2000–09	0.36	0.25	-0.05	-0.07	-0.37
2010–19	0.36	0.27	-0.02	-0.07	-0.36

Notes: Panel A shows the population shares of the groups defined by surname type (see the text for definitions). Panel B shows the relative representation of the surname groups among graduates of medical universities in Hungary. The relative representation is defined as the ratio of the share among graduates to the population share. Panel C shows estimates of mean status expressed as standard deviation units difference above or below the social mean. The mean status is estimated from relative representations (see the text for more details). Appendix Table A4 on page 75 of Bukowski et al. (2021) shows the same measurements using the non-Romani population