Hanover Surname

178,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Hanover Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hanover Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9371:187,12418,605
England821:679,48938,951
Guyana681:11,2091,627
Canada641:575,71247,839
Israel581:147,54515,555
Ireland511:92,3325,140
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
Iran141:5,484,466128,255
Wales111:281,32115,850
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Bolivia61:1,769,4066,441
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981
Scotland131:287,9409,345
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4761:105,50110,598

Hanover (102) may also be a first name.

Hanover Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hanover is found most frequently in The United States. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hanover? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 178,234th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,040,278 people. The surname Hanover occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Hanover are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Hanover is also the 935,178th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 102 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,937 people, or 1 in 187,124. In The United States Hanover is most common in: California, where 16 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Illinois, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Guyana, where 3 percent are found.

Hanover Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hanover has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hanover last name rose 407 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 174 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 729 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 220 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hanover Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hanover surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.5% being registered with the party.

The amount Hanover earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 17.45% more than the national average, earning $50,680 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.95% more than the national average, earning $57,607 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 Hanover
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