Boekhoorn Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Boekhoorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boekhoorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1271:132,97020,548
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
France11:66,422,722504,397

Boekhoorn Last Name Facts

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

Boekhoorn is found most in The Netherlands. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Boekhoorn? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,511,557th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Boekhoorn live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Boekhoorn is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 132,970. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 67 percent reside, North Holland, where 16 percent reside and South Holland, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands Boekhoorn exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 7 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bockhorn82681/
Beckhorn82255/
Bieckhorn780/
Bukhorn756/
Bookorn751/
Bokorin751/
Boukorn751/
Bockorn751/
Beekorn751/
Bakhorn750/
Beckorn750/
Buckhorn71218/
Bakhorin71204/
Bukhgorn7111/
Baukhorn718/
Bakhoryn716/
Bekharin712/
Bekorien711/
Bokharen711/
Backhorn710/
Bauckhorn677/
Boukharin671/
Bocorn670/

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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 Boekhoorn
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