Hitzer Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Hitzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 246 | 1:327,258 | 32,551 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Hitzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hitzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hitzer is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hitzer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hitzer is the 996,001st most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. Hitzer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Hitzer are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Hitzer is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 327,258. In Germany it is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 54 percent live, Berlin, where 12 percent live and Hamburg, where 10 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Hitzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hitzer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hitzer surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 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
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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 Hitzer
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