Hostetter Surname

74,700th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Hostetter Surname Definition:

(German, Swiss) One who came from Hofstetter, the name of several villages in Germany and Switzerland.

Hostetter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,3441:57,1346,798
France1241:535,66773,425
Canada571:646,41452,764
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9251:54,2906,097

Hostetter (12) may also be a first name.

Hostetter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, Swiss) One who came from Hofstetter, the name of several villages in Germany and Switzerland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Hostetter Last Name Facts

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

Hostetter occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hostetter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 74,700th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,107,530 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Hostetter are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 12 people.

Hostetter is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 6,344 people, or 1 in 57,134. In The United States Hostetter is most frequent in: Virginia, where 11 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Indiana, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States Hostetter is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Hostetter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hostetter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hostetter surname grew 686 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hostetter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Hostetter are 27.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.64% being registered with the party.

The amount Hostetter earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.92% less than the national average, earning $42,322 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.71% more than the national average, earning $50,036 CAD per year.

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Hostetter Reference & Research

Hostetter DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Hochstetler FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Hofstetter FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Hostetter FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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