Hiest Surname
Approximately 450 people bear this surname
Hiest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 439 | 1:151,305 | 23,468 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
Hiest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hiest is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiest? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hiest is the 666,162nd most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 16,194,546 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Hiest reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 439 people, or 1 in 151,305. In France Hiest is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 55 percent live, Centre-Val de Loire, where 24 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 12 percent live. Beside France this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.
Hiest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hiest has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Hiest surname declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Hiest
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