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 surname Hockum occurs most in Sweden. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hockum.
How Common Is The Last Name Hockum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hockum is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Hockum are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Hockum is most numerous in Sweden, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 428,120. In Sweden Hockum is most numerous in: Skåne County, where 78 percent live, Kalmar County, where 9 percent live and Västerbotten County, where 9 percent live. Barring Sweden this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent live.
Hockum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hockum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hockum last name declined 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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