Hoefliger Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Hoefliger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hoefliger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Hoefliger Last Name Facts

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

Hoefliger has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoefliger? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hoefliger is the 3,017,195th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Hoefliger occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Hoefliger are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 45 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Hoefliger is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 328,517. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of St Gallen, where 60 percent live, Canton of Vaud, where 16 percent live and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 8 percent live. Other than Switzerland this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Brazil, where 12 percent live.

Hoefliger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hoefliger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hoefliger last name increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hoefliger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hoefliger last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Hoefliger earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.55% more than the national average, earning $52,446 USD per year.

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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
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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 Hoefliger
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