Hoogewys Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Hoogewys Surname User-submission:

From the place called Hoogewijst in Noord Brabant, close by Heesch and south of Oss.

Hoogewys Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1761:65,32210,474
France491:1,355,566135,191
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Hoogewys Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From the place called Hoogewijst in Noord Brabant, close by Heesch and south of Oss.

- sjarmaking
DNA test information

Hoogewys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hoogewys is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoogewys? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,088,856th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hoogewys are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 65,322. In Belgium Hoogewys is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Belgium this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hogewys931/
Hoogewey885/
Hooges8613/
Hoogewijs82292/
Hogewey808/
Hoges7759/
Hogewijs757/
Hogyes7184/
Hoogeweij7154/
Houges717/
Hogeby716/
Hoeges715/
Hoiges713/
Howges712/
Ogewey711/
Hogeus711/
Hogeso711/
Hoyges711/
Hogeas711/
Hogess711/
Hoages711/
Hogies710/
Hoagies672/
Hegewus671/
Hougese670/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hoogewys
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