Hofshtein Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Hofshtein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 26 | 1:1,750,873 | 130,688 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Hofshtein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hofshtein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hofshtein is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hofshtein? popularity and diffusion
Hofshtein is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Hofshtein occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hofshtein reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,750,873. In Ukraine it is most prevalent in: Kiev, where 46 percent live, Kharkiv Oblast, where 15 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 12 percent live. Besides Ukraine this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hofstein | 94 | 189 | / |
| Ofshtein | 94 | 12 | / |
| Hoffstein | 89 | 153 | / |
| Gofshtein | 89 | 10 | / |
| Hovshtein | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hosfstein | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hopfstein | 89 | 0 | / |
| Ofstein | 88 | 136 | / |
| Hafstein | 82 | 144 | / |
| Hofsteyn | 82 | 77 | / |
| Offstein | 82 | 70 | / |
| Hovstein | 82 | 68 | / |
| Hofsteen | 82 | 16 | / |
| Ovshtein | 82 | 12 | / |
| Ofshteyn | 82 | 10 | / |
| Hefstein | 82 | 2 | / |
| Hobstein | 82 | 1 | / |
| Obshtein | 82 | 1 | / |
| Goffstein | 78 | 151 | / |
| Gofshteyn | 78 | 95 | / |
| Hoffstuen | 78 | 23 | / |
| Hafsteinn | 78 | 4 | / |
| Govshtein | 78 | 3 | / |
| Hofshtand | 78 | 2 | / |
| Gofshtean | 78 | 1 | / |
| Haffstein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Obstein | 75 | 29 | / |
| Ovstein | 75 | 15 | / |
| Hofstetten | 74 | 22 | / |
| Hofsteegne | 74 | 1 | / |
| Goffsteinn | 74 | 1 | / |
| Hofstatten | 74 | 1 | / |
| Hoffsteten | 74 | 0 | / |
| Havstein | 71 | 126 | / |
| Hafsteen | 71 | 18 | / |
| Ovshteyn | 71 | 15 | / |
| Effstein | 71 | 11 | / |
| Govstein | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ephstein | 71 | 2 | / |
| Habstein | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gofsteyn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obsztein | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hafsteinová | 70 | 1 | / |
| Govshteyn | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hafstienn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gophstein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goffstien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofstan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hofshtein
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