Hohlfeld Surname
Approximately 2,935 people bear this surname
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'.
Read More About This SurnameHohlfeld Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,606 | 1:30,892 | 4,073 |
| United States | 262 | 1:1,383,431 | 95,756 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hohlfeldt | 94 | 175 | / |
| Hohlfield | 94 | 2 | / |
| Holhlfeld | 94 | 1 | / |
| Holfeld | 93 | 1,056 | / |
| Holfield | 88 | 94 | / |
| Ohlfeldt | 88 | 19 | / |
| Holfeldt | 88 | 10 | / |
| Hollfeld | 88 | 9 | / |
| Holhfeld | 88 | 2 | / |
| Hahlfeld | 88 | 0 | / |
| Hohlfelt | 88 | 0 | / |
| Hohlfeldová | 84 | 5 | / |
| Hollfield | 82 | 10 | / |
| Hoilfield | 82 | 10 | / |
| Hoylfield | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ahlfeld | 80 | 884 | / |
| Halfeld | 80 | 384 | / |
| Holfelt | 80 | 70 | / |
| Helfeld | 80 | 59 | / |
| Olfield | 80 | 21 | / |
| Golfeld | 80 | 10 | / |
| Oelfeld | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ehlfeld | 80 | 0 | / |
| Holfeldová | 78 | 15 | / |
| Holfeldova | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ahlfeldt | 75 | 289 | / |
| Ahlfield | 75 | 170 | / |
| Helfeldt | 75 | 52 | / |
| Hellfeld | 75 | 45 | / |
| Hallfeld | 75 | 25 | / |
| Helfield | 75 | 19 | / |
| Hohlfält | 75 | 17 | / |
| Ehlfeldt | 75 | 17 | / |
| Halfeldt | 75 | 12 | / |
| Halfield | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ollfield | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hollfelt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Alfeld | 71 | 321 | / |
| Elfeld | 71 | 113 | / |
| Hallfeldt | 71 | 71 | / |
| Hellfeldt | 71 | 37 | / |
| Olfelt | 71 | 30 | / |
| Halffield | 71 | 23 | / |
| Haselfeld | 71 | 22 | / |
| Haßelfeld | 71 | 14 | / |
| Hallfield | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aahlfeldt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hallfelld | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haulfeldt | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chalfield | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hasselfeld | 67 | 113 | / |
| Elfeldt | 67 | 83 | / |
| Alfeldt | 67 | 37 | / |
| Elfield | 67 | 9 | / |
| Alfield | 67 | 9 | / |
| Galfeld | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aalfeld | 67 | 6 | / |
| Helfelt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Halfild | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haßelfeldt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Allfeld | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helfled | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jalfeld | 67 | 0 | / |
| Haselfeldt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Alfeldd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ahlfelt | 67 | 0 | / |
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