Hoekstra Surname

21,548th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Hoekstra Surname Definition:

(Dutch) Dweller at the corner place, or on a hook of land.

Hoekstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands18,0311:93737
United States5,0541:71,7178,295
Canada1,1081:33,2544,294
Germany2561:314,47431,760
Australia1671:161,65116,786
South Africa1501:361,18532,866
France801:830,28498,964
Belgium701:164,23822,550
New Zealand441:102,91613,667
England431:1,295,76958,667
Northern Ireland231:80,2195,468
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Norway121:428,52437,411
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Panama71:558,8949,437
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Hoekstra Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) Dweller at the corner place, or on a hook of land.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Hoekstra Last Name Facts

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

Hoekstra (Arabic: هوكسترا) is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoekstra? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 21,548th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 288,364 people. Hoekstra occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Hoekstra reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Hoekstra is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 18,031 people, or 1 in 937. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Friesland, where 36 percent are found, North Holland, where 13 percent are found and Groningen, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands Hoekstra occurs in 54 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Hoekstra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hoekstra has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hoekstra surname grew 25,270 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hoekstra Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hoekstra surname are 29.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.73% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hoekstra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.74% more than the national average, earning 459,381 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 156.49% more than the national average, earning R 609,528 per year; in United States they earn 11% more than the national average, earning $47,897 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.82% more than the national average, earning $50,588 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hoeskstra949/
Jhoekstra941/
Hhoekstra941/
Hoekstrea941/
Hoekstroa941/
Hekstra93172/
Hokstra932/
Hockstra88190/
Hookstra88118/
Hoecstra881/
Ekstra8658/
Ekstrah801/
Hukstra801/
Hegstra801/
Hoextra800/
Hoogstra75795/
Heegstra7581/
Huckstra750/
Exstra716/
Akstra714/
Ekstro713/
Hextra711/
Huckstrap710/
Uikstra671/
Haegstradt670/
Oecstrod6312/
Extra62892/
Oxtra6220/
Exstro575/
Extraa571/
Extrea571/
Ocstro571/
Haggstro501/

Hoekstra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hoekstra in the Arabic language
هوكستراhwkstra-

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