Hocevar Surname

283,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Hocevar Surname User-submission:

This is a Slovenian surname, denoting someone who came from Kočevje ('place of fir' or 'spruce trees'; hvojčevje), south-central Slovenia.

Hocevar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8211:441,48537,938
Canada1181:312,25128,740
Germany931:865,65062,206
Slovenia471:52,9298,569
Brazil381:5,633,535140,199
Austria371:230,14727,778
France351:1,897,792163,564
Belgium341:338,13737,845
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Italy171:3,597,452102,597
England131:4,286,005132,302
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
North Macedonia51:420,29419,032
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Hočevar (4,005) & Hoćevar (10) are calculated separately.

Hocevar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Slovenian surname, denoting someone who came from Kočevje ('place of fir' or 'spruce trees'; hvojčevje), south-central Slovenia.

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Hocevar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hocevar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Hocevar is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Hočevar or Hoćevar. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hocevar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 283,967th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,374,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Hocevar live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 821 people, or 1 in 441,485. In The United States Hocevar is most frequent in: Ohio, where 37 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Wisconsin, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Hocevar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Hocevar are 9.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.57% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hocevar earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.75% more than the national average, earning $43,904 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.73% more than the national average, earning $57,002 CAD per year.

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