Hortance Surname

141,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Hortance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hortance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad2,6001:5,228794
France5181:128,22919,541
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Hortance (34,962) may also be a first name.

Hortance Last Name Facts

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

Hortance is held by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hortance? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hortance is the 141,269th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,309,840 people. The surname Hortance is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Hortance live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Chadic Africa. Hortance is also the 24,759th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 34,962 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Chad, where it is held by 2,600 people, or 1 in 5,228. Barring Chad it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 16 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ortance93148/
Orthance8825/
Orttance881/
Ortanca80598/
Ortanci8065/
Hortans8038/
Artance8014/
Ortange804/
Ortainci757/
Orthanse751/
Horttans751/
Hortanza751/
Orteince751/
Ortanç71202/
Ortans714/
Hortons6721/
Ortansa675/
Ortanzi671/
Orthans671/
Hartans670/
Hartansa634/
Hjortons631/
Horton's631/
Artanzie631/
Chartanji591/
Artans5713/
Ortons575/
Arthainsee561/
Chahartangi531/
Artanza531/
Arthans531/
Hartons531/
Gortons530/
Arthangi501/
Jartangi501/
Horthoms500/

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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 Hortance
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