Hockum Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Hockum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Hockum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hockum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hockum occurs more in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hockum.
How Common Is The Last Name Hockum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Hockum occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Hockum live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Scandinavia.
It is most numerous in Sweden, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 428,120. In Sweden Hockum is mostly concentrated in: Skåne County, where 78 percent reside, Kalmar County, where 9 percent reside and Västerbotten County, where 9 percent reside. Other than Sweden this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent reside.
Hockum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hockum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hockum surname contracted 33 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
- 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 Hockum
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