Hollwig Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Hollwig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Höllwig (3) are calculated separately.
Hollwig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hollwig Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hollwig is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Höllwig. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hollwig? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Hollwig are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany Hollwig is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent are found, Hesse, where 11 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 11 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found.
Hollwig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hollwig has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Höllwig | 95 | 3 | / |
| Holwig | 92 | 36 | / |
| Ollwig | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hellwig | 86 | 19,271 | / |
| Hollweg | 86 | 1,515 | / |
| Hallwig | 86 | 23 | / |
| Olwig | 83 | 219 | / |
| Hollwegs | 80 | 40 | / |
| Hellwigg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hollwick | 80 | 0 | / |
| Helwig | 77 | 8,653 | / |
| Holweg | 77 | 1,536 | / |
| Holbig | 77 | 109 | / |
| Halwig | 77 | 61 | / |
| Holvig | 77 | 13 | / |
| Ullwig | 77 | 7 | / |
| Jolwig | 77 | 0 | / |
| Holluigue | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hellweg | 71 | 2,622 | / |
| Hohlweg | 71 | 569 | / |
| Hellvig | 71 | 229 | / |
| Holwick | 71 | 198 | / |
| Helwigh | 71 | 42 | / |
| Hallvig | 71 | 35 | / |
| Hollveg | 71 | 19 | / |
| Hüllweg | 71 | 9 | / |
| Holbigh | 71 | 8 | / |
| Hallweg | 71 | 6 | / |
| Helwieg | 71 | 1 | / |
| Holwiok | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heelwig | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gollwik | 71 | 0 | / |
| Helwigg | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ollwick | 71 | 0 | / |
| Helweig | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hollweck | 67 | 1,638 | / |
| Holuigue | 67 | 420 | / |
| Elwig | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ulwig | 67 | 20 | / |
| Cholwick | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hallwegh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gollwick | 67 | 2 | / |
| Olweg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alwig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hellwick | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olvig | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Hollwig
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