Heß Surname
Approximately 13,655 people bear this surname
Heß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 13,564 | 1:5,935 | 719 |
| Austria | 88 | 1:96,766 | 14,085 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Heß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heß Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heß has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heß? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 38,509th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 533,691 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Heß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 13,564 people, or 1 in 5,935. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 16 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Germany Heß occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent reside and Luxembourg, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Heß
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