Faanhof Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Faanhof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Faanhof 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
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966

Faanhof Last Name Facts

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

Faanhof is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Faanhof? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Faanhof is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Faanhof live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,055,448. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 50 percent reside, North Holland, where 44 percent reside and Utrecht, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 36 percent reside.

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
Fanof832/
Fonhof77109/
Vanhof7798/
Fanoff772/
Fanofe771/
Faneof771/
Fenhof770/
Vanhoof712,243/
Vanhoff71857/
Fenhoff7133/
Fonhoff711/
Fannoff710/
Fainoff710/
Fanov67134/
Vanhooff6793/
Vanof6710/
Fanaf672/
Fanow672/
Fenof672/
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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 Faanhof
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