Heches Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Heches Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Hêches (2) & Hèches (1) are calculated separately.
Heches Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heches Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Heches is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Hêches or Hèches. For other potential spellings of Heches click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heches? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Heches live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most numerous in France, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 2,372,240. In France it is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 64 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 32 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 4 percent are found. Apart from France it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 3 percent are found and Ecuador, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Heches
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