Hectors Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Hectors Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 165 | 1:69,677 | 11,129 |
| Netherlands | 142 | 1:118,924 | 18,728 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Hectors Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hectors Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hectors is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hectors? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 847,909th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 22,562,062 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Hectors live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 69,677. In Belgium Hectors is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 44 percent live and New Zealand, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hectoros | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ectors | 92 | 150 | / |
| Heckters | 80 | 37 | / |
| Hicktoors | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hacters | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hagtors | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hocters | 71 | 0 | / |
| Huyghe-Ectors | 70 | 1 | / |
| Hektaris | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hagge Torres | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hec Adars | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hecquet-Rossi | 60 | 1 | / |
| Hachaturus | 59 | 30 | / |
| Hecht-Haarhues | 57 | 1 | / |
| Hachatturas | 56 | 1 | / |
| Higataras | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hach-Dris | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hach Dris | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Hectors
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