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 has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant: Hoşben. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosben? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Hosben is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Hosben are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name in the world, held by 11 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Hosben is most frequent in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live.
Hosben Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hosben has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hosben surname fell 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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