de Hoek Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Hoek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Hoek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Hoek Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Hoek is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Hoek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of de Hoek reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 649,507. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 77 percent are found, South Holland, where 19 percent are found and Utrecht, where 4 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Hook861/
de Heek860/
de Haeck80369/
de Houck8042/
de Hueck8010/
de Eik771/
de Hoog712,595/
de Heug719/
de Houx717/
de Hogg711/
de Hoogh67736/
de Jaeck6785/
da Ok674/
de Oc673/
de Hauke672/
De-Haeck671/
der Eijk671/
de Oyague6327/
de Jaegh539/
de Gough535/
de Gaugh533/
de Auque531/
De-Og508/
Di-Ok501/
de Ajaque501/
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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 de Hoek
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