Hannover Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Hannover Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hannover Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2291:351,55234,059
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Denmark261:217,10417,438
Bolivia131:816,6494,594
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France21:33,211,361423,184
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

The alternate forms: Hannöver (135) are calculated separately.

Hannover (240) may also be a first name.

Hannover Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hannover is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Hannöver. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hannover? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 786,896th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Hannover are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 65 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 577,234th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 240 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 351,552. In Germany Hannover is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 56 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Berlin, where 13 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Denmark, where 7 percent live.

Hannover Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hannover has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hannover last name expanded 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hannover Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Hannover are 14.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.54% registered to vote for the party.

Hannover earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.89% less than the national average, earning $28,096 USD 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
  • 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 Hannover
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