Hofny Surname

679,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 438 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Hofny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hofny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4271:215,30615,336
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Hofny (36) may also be a first name.

Hofny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hofny occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hofny? popularity and diffusion

Hofny is the 679,794th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 16,638,233 people. Hofny is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Hofny are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 36 people.

The surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 427 people, or 1 in 215,306. Other than Egypt this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hofney914/
Ofny892/
Hafny80551/
Hofni80214/
Opfny801/
Hofner731,745/
Gofney7331/
Hofnes736/
Hafney734/
Offney732/
Khafny731/
Hofnie731/
Houfni731/
Hoffna731/
Ofnaya731/
Hofnet730/
Goffny730/
Haffny730/
Hoffner673,960/
Hopfner671,730/
Goffney67811/
Afny6749/
Ofni679/
Ofna673/
Haffney673/
Hoofner673/
Ofnh671/
Ofne671/
Hoffnes670/
Hoffnna670/
Gohfney670/
Chafney670/
Joffney670/

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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 Hofny
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