Hoefchen Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Hoefchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hoefchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Hoefchen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hoefchen is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoefchen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hoefchen is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Hoefchen occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Hoefchen reside; 75 percent reside in Australasia and 75 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most frequent in Australia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia Hoefchen is mostly found in: Victoria, where 100 percent reside. Other than Australia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hopfchen889/
Höfchen80128/
Hoefken8051/
Hoefjen800/
Hoeffken75158/
Hoeffgen7525/
Joebchen7518/
Hoesfken751/
Efchin713/
Joehbchen712/
Hoefkin670/
Haewchin632/
Hoeffkin631/
Huffhein630/
Höfgen57488/
Afchain53742/
Höffgen53580/
Joebken535/
Joewsen531/
Hufhain530/

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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 Hoefchen
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