Holzbach Surname

353,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,030 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Holzbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Holzbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3311:243,21926,591
United States2941:1,232,85487,287
Brazil2241:955,68934,042
Argentina781:547,99239,725
Austria361:236,54028,356
Czechia271:393,83245,478
Paraguay251:289,4704,710
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Holzbach Last Name Facts

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

The last name Holzbach is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Holzbach? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 353,485th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 7,075,287 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Holzbach reside; 36 percent reside in Western Europe and 36 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Holzbach is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 243,219. In Germany it is mostly found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 45 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 17 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Brazil, where 22 percent reside.

Holzbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Holzbach has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Holzbach last name expanded 948 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Holzbach Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Holzbach last name are 19.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.18% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Holzbach earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.64% more than the national average, earning R 462,540 per year and in United States they earn 23.17% more than the national average, earning $53,146 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Holtzbach9417/
Holsbach88457/
Halzbach881/
Holzbachová8431/
Hoslsbach823/
Holsbasch821/
Holhsbach821/
Holscbach821/
Holzbau8036/
Golzbah8013/
Elzbach803/
Holsbah801/
Holschbach78614/
Halsbach756/
Holsboch750/
Hulsbach750/
Olzbat7145/
Hallsbach710/
Alsbach67432/
Elsbach6788/
Hölschbach671/

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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 Holzbach
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