Hofes Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Hofes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Höfes (16) are calculated separately.
Hofes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hofes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hofes has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be rendered as: Höfes. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hofes? popularity and diffusion
Hofes is the 2,555,468th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Hofes is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Hofes live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,610,109. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 84 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 14 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Germany Hofes exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 7 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Hofes
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