Hove Surname
Approximately 35,310 people bear this surname
Hove Surname Definition:
(Teutonic) belonging to Hove (Sussex), the Domesday Hov=the Enclosure, Manor; (Heathen) Temple [Old English and Old Norse hof = Ger. hof]
Hove Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 28,657 | 1:539 | 23 |
| United States | 2,057 | 1:176,208 | 17,675 |
| Denmark | 1,294 | 1:4,362 | 389 |
| Norway | 1,052 | 1:4,888 | 460 |
| Papua New Guinea | 379 | 1:21,514 | 2,300 |
| South Africa | 307 | 1:176,475 | 19,463 |
| England | 268 | 1:207,903 | 17,929 |
| Iran | 195 | 1:393,757 | 25,391 |
| Netherlands | 182 | 1:92,787 | 15,250 |
| Cameroon | 174 | 1:119,362 | 13,671 |
| Botswana | 132 | 1:16,568 | 3,236 |
| Canada | 124 | 1:297,142 | 27,584 |
| Germany | 107 | 1:752,387 | 56,374 |
| Belgium | 95 | 1:121,017 | 17,762 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| Zambia | 30 | 1:528,331 | 22,995 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 49 | 1:497,457 | 27,315 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 174 | 1:288,613 | 23,092 |
The alternate forms: Hové (5) & Höve (1) are calculated separately.
Hove (272) may also be a first name.
Hove Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Teutonic) belonging to Hove (Sussex), the Domesday Hov=the Enclosure, Manor; (Heathen) Temple [Old English and Old Norse hof = Ger. hof]
Hove Demographics
Average Hove Salary in
United States
$45,446 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hove Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hove Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hove is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Hové or Höve. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hove? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,787th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 206,388 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Hove live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 538,995th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 272 people.
Hove is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 28,657 people, or 1 in 539. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Midlands Province, where 61 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 9 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name exists in 60 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and Denmark, where 4 percent live.
Hove Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hove has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hove last name increased 1,182 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 547 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hove Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Hove surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
The amount Hove earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.37% more than the national average, earning 371,601 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 124.1% more than the national average, earning R 532,548 per year; in United States they earn 5.32% more than the national average, earning $45,446 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.31% less than the national average, earning $41,085 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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