Buchhorn Surname

231,254th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,748 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Buchhorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buchhorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9571:84,12310,609
United States3571:1,015,29174,807
Brazil2491:859,73631,019
Australia1161:232,72221,885
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Denmark101:564,47234,222
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Buchhorn Last Name Facts

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

Buchhorn occurs most in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Buchhorn? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 231,254th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,169,077 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Buchhorn live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Buchhorn is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 957 people, or 1 in 84,123. In Germany Buchhorn is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Germany it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Brazil, where 14 percent reside.

Buchhorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Buchhorn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Buchhorn surname grew 1,623 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buchhorn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Buchhorn surname are 17.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.95% being registered with the political party.

The amount Buchhorn earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 3.67% less than the national average, earning R 228,924 per year; in United States they earn 5.28% more than the national average, earning $45,427 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.31% more than the national average, earning $51,826 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Buchhorn
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