Hover Surname
Approximately 4,936 people bear this surname
Hover Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,161 | 1:114,666 | 12,394 |
| Israel | 457 | 1:18,726 | 2,793 |
| England | 330 | 1:168,843 | 15,578 |
| Germany | 322 | 1:250,017 | 27,129 |
| Netherlands | 304 | 1:55,550 | 9,543 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| Austria | 74 | 1:115,073 | 16,208 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:128,939 | 9,528 |
| Chile | 20 | 1:880,824 | 18,509 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 84 | 1:290,183 | 19,896 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,413 | 1:35,540 | 4,221 |
The alternate forms: Höver (459) & Hóver (4) are calculated separately.
Hover (1,953) may also be a first name.
Hover Demographics
Average Male Hover Height
176.96 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hover Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hover Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hover is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Höver or Hóver. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hover? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 96,371st most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,476,407 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Hover reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 171,497th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 1,953 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 3,161 people, or 1 in 114,666. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Michigan, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 9 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.
Hover Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hover has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hover last name expanded 224 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 393 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hover Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Hover surname are 16.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.14% registered with the political party.
The amount Hover earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.75% more than the national average, earning $46,493 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.92% less than the national average, earning $45,748 CAD per year.
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Hover Reference & Research
Hoover 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
- 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 Hover
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis