Horup Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Horup Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 304 | 1:18,568 | 1,827 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Hörup (31) are calculated separately.
Horup Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Horup Come From? nationality or country of origin
Horup occurs more in Denmark more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Hörup. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Horup? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 847,909th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 22,562,062 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Horup live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently used in Denmark, where it is borne by 304 people, or 1 in 18,568. In Denmark it is mostly found in: Central Denmark Region, where 49 percent live, Region of Southern Denmark, where 19 percent live and Capital Region of Denmark, where 17 percent live. Apart from Denmark Horup exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.
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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
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