Hofboer Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Hofboer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hofboer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Hofboer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hofboer is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hofboer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Hofboer are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 703,632. In The Netherlands Hofboer is most common in: North Holland, where 42 percent reside, Gelderland, where 33 percent reside and South Holland, where 21 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 13 percent reside and Germany, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hofbouer932/
Hoffboer930/
Hoffbower881/
Hoofbower880/
Hoffbouer880/
Hofbour860/
Ofbor835/
Hofbauer8018,550/
Hoffbour803/
Hofbur777/
Hoffbauer75777/
Hoofbauer751/
Hoffbeyer750/
Hofbaur71118/
Hofbuhr718/
Hafbour711/
Hofbauerová67232/
Hofbauerova675/
Hafbauer673/
Gofbauer672/
Hoffbaur670/
Haufbauer633/
Afbur507/

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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 Hofboer
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