Bockhorn Surname

487,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bockhorn Surname User-submission:

Bokern is the name of a hamlet in Northern Germany, in the district of Lohne/Vechta.

The name originated in the late 15th century as "Bockhorn" and was a combination of "Boken" (Low German for beech-tree) and "Horn" (Low German for a steep hill), because there was a hill planted with beeches in the area.

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Bockhorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3411:236,08626,021
United States3031:1,196,23485,175
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Bockhorn Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Bokern is the name of a hamlet in Northern Germany, in the district of Lohne/Vechta.

The name originated in the late 15th century as "Bockhorn" and was a combination of "Boken" (Low German for beech-tree) and "Horn" (Low German for a steep hill), because there was a hill planted with beeches in the area. By the late 17th century, Bockhorn had become Bokern.

See Clemens Pagenstert, Lohner Familien, 1926 (German language).

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Bockhorn Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bockhorn Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bockhorn is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bockhorn? popularity and diffusion

Bockhorn is the 487,389th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Bockhorn live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Bockhorn is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 341 people, or 1 in 236,086. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 9 percent live and Hesse, where 5 percent live. Beside Germany Bockhorn is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 44 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.

Bockhorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bockhorn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bockhorn surname increased 1,443 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bockhorn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bockhorn last name are 11.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.54% registered to vote for the political party.

Bockhorn earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.01% less than the national average, earning $43,145 USD per year.

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