Hosben Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Hosben Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Hoşben (17) are calculated separately.
Hosben (11) may also be a first name.
Hosben Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hosben Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hosben is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant: Hoşben. Click here for other potential spellings of Hosben.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosben? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Hosben occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Hosben reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Hosben is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name on earth It is held by 11 people.
The surname Hosben is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live.
Hosben Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hosben has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hosben surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Hosben
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