Hofst Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Hofst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 96 | 1:175,908 | 25,337 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Hofst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hofst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hofst is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hofst? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,882,912th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Hofst reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 175,908. In The Netherlands Hofst is mostly found in: Overijssel, where 66 percent are found, North Holland, where 16 percent are found and Utrecht, where 9 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hofste | 91 | 546 | / |
| Hoffst | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hofs | 89 | 894 | / |
| Ofst | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hofsæth | 83 | 3 | / |
| Hoofs | 80 | 513 | / |
| Hoffs | 80 | 351 | / |
| Hofsø | 80 | 36 | / |
| Hobst | 80 | 31 | / |
| Houfs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hoffstdt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ofs | 75 | 9 | / |
| Hovstø | 73 | 38 | / |
| Khowst | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hoiffs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Obst | 67 | 8,038 | / |
| Hafs | 67 | 1,504 | / |
| Hows | 67 | 381 | / |
| Owst | 67 | 190 | / |
| Hobs | 67 | 132 | / |
| Jofs | 67 | 42 | / |
| Ofse | 67 | 17 | / |
| Oyfs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ofsp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gofs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Otfs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Efst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hovs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ofsx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofsj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odfs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osfs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofzt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Offs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hofz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hofx | 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
- 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 Hofst
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