Hortensia Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Hortensia Surname User-submission:

The surname Horthense or Hortensia is derived from the Latin adjective hortensius, which means 'who comes from the garden'.

Hortensia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1211:548,94874,759
Indonesia381:3,480,242186,493
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

Hortensia (70,008) may also be a first name.

Hortensia Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Horthense or Hortensia is derived from the Latin adjective hortensius, which means 'who comes from the garden'.

- hortenseeliott

Hortensia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hortensia is found most frequently in France. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hortensia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,281,391st most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Hortensia live; 57 percent live in Caribbean and 56 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 13,866th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 70,008 people.

This last name is most common in France, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 548,948. In France Hortensia is most common in: Martinique, where 82 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 1 percent are found. Barring France this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.

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