Hohlfeld Surname

150,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,935 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hohlfeld Surname User-submission:

Hohl is an old German word that refers to a valley, much like the old English word, hollow. Feld is the German word for a 'field'. Connected together, "Hohl-feld" literally translates to 'valley-field', or more likely 'from the field in the valley'.

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Hohlfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,6061:30,8924,073
United States2621:1,383,43195,756
France131:5,109,440259,941
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England21:27,859,030389,889
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Hohlfeld Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Hohl is an old German word that refers to a valley, much like the old English word, hollow. Feld is the German word for a 'field'. Connected together, "Hohl-feld" literally translates to 'valley-field', or more likely 'from the field in the valley'. It is likely, but not proven, that this means the Hohlfeld name was used to describe farmers who had their fields in valleys around germanic regions.

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Hohlfeld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hohlfeld is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hohlfeld.

How Common Is The Last Name Hohlfeld? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hohlfeld is the 150,307th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,482,980 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Hohlfeld are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 2,606 people, or 1 in 30,892. In Germany Hohlfeld is most frequent in: Saxony, where 47 percent are found, Berlin, where 9 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent are found. Not including Germany Hohlfeld exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

Hohlfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hohlfeld has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 4,367 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hohlfeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hohlfeld surname are 35.14% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.37% being registered with the political party.

The amount Hohlfeld earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.37% less than the national average, earning R 136,944 per year and in United States they earn 7.4% more than the national average, earning $46,342 USD per year.

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