Bockhoven Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bockhoven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bockhoven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Bockhoven Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bockhoven is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bockhoven? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Bockhoven is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Bockhoven live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bockhoven is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 767,599. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Gelderland, where 73 percent live, North Brabant, where 23 percent live and North Holland, where 5 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live.

Bockhoven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bockhoven has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bockhoven last name decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bockhoven
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