Hovenburg Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

Hovenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hovenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Suriname11:552,6169,664
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Hovenburg Last Name Facts

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

Hovenburg is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hovenburg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Hovenburg is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Hovenburg reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,377,435. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Holland, where 100 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Suriname, where 13 percent are found.

Hovenburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hovenburg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hovenburg last name decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hovenburgh950/
Ovenburg942/
Hovenberg8928/
Hovenborg891/
Havenburg891/
Hoevenberg84172/
Owenburg8247/
Evenburg8227/
Avenburg8219/
Ovenberg8217/
Havenberg788/
Avenberg7152/
Evenberg7125/
Avenborg715/
Avinburg712/
Owenberg712/
Avanburg711/
Evemburg710/
Jowenberg674/
Owhittenburg671/

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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 Hovenburg
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