Hospel Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Hospel Surname User-submission:
There is a small village in the south of the Netherlands (in Limburg) that is called Ospel. When the French implemented a family-name system during their occupation of the Netherlands, people were forced to register a last name. The officer in charge of writing down the last name Ospel mistakenly added a silent h in front of the name, Hospel.
Read More About This SurnameHospel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Hošpel (38) are calculated separately.
Hospel Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
There is a small village in the south of the Netherlands (in Limburg) that is called Ospel. When the French implemented a family-name system during their occupation of the Netherlands, people were forced to register a last name. The officer in charge of writing down the last name Ospel mistakenly added a silent h in front of the name, Hospel.
- roel.hospelHospel Demographics
Average Hospel Salary in
United States
$46,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hospel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hospel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hospel has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may appear in the variant forms: Hošpel. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hospel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,746,159th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name Hospel occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Hospel are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 422,179. In The Netherlands Hospel is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 98 percent reside and South Holland, where 3 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Belgium, where 20 percent reside.
Hospel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hospel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hospel last name expanded 433 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Hospel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Hospel are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.
Hospel earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.77% more than the national average, earning $46,500 USD per year.
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