Hoyer Surname
Approximately 24,026 people bear this surname
Hoyer Surname Definition:
(German) One who makes hay; one who came from Hannover, a city and province in Germany; descendant of Hucger (spirit, spear).
Hoyer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 14,008 | 1:5,747 | 691 |
| United States | 4,985 | 1:72,710 | 8,394 |
| Iraq | 1,797 | 1:19,489 | 1,145 |
| Venezuela | 500 | 1:60,408 | 2,773 |
| France | 344 | 1:193,089 | 30,043 |
| Thailand | 305 | 1:231,601 | 39,115 |
| Canada | 227 | 1:162,315 | 16,369 |
| Netherlands | 225 | 1:75,054 | 12,725 |
| Austria | 214 | 1:39,792 | 6,389 |
| South Africa | 199 | 1:272,250 | 27,005 |
| Syria | 156 | 1:123,724 | 3,550 |
| Australia | 136 | 1:198,498 | 19,506 |
| Denmark | 117 | 1:48,245 | 4,995 |
| Colombia | 115 | 1:415,427 | 6,495 |
| Brazil | 109 | 1:1,963,985 | 62,590 |
| England | 91 | 1:612,286 | 36,401 |
| Switzerland | 67 | 1:122,581 | 12,361 |
| Czechia | 62 | 1:171,508 | 25,743 |
| Poland | 58 | 1:655,323 | 57,058 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Finland | 26 | 1:211,412 | 17,592 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Iran | 22 | 1:3,490,115 | 99,764 |
| Hungary | 19 | 1:516,646 | 32,401 |
| Norway | 19 | 1:270,647 | 28,127 |
| Palestine | 13 | 1:349,911 | 11,386 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 30 | 1:812,512 | 35,970 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 764 | 1:65,731 | 7,156 |
Hoyer (90) may also be a first name.
Hoyer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who makes hay; one who came from Hannover, a city and province in Germany; descendant of Hucger (spirit, spear).
Hoyer Demographics
Average Male Hoyer Height
177.8 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hoyer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hoyer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hoyer (Arabic: هويير, Marathi: भोयर) is found most frequently in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hoyer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoyer? popularity and diffusion
Hoyer is the 22,609th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 303,319 people. The surname Hoyer occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Hoyer reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,005,046th most numerous first name on earth, held by 90 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 14,008 people, or 1 in 5,747. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony, where 15 percent are found, Bavaria, where 13 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 69 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Iraq, where 7 percent are found.
Hoyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hoyer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hoyer last name grew 652 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 303 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hoyer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Hoyer surname are 16.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.39% being registered with the party.
The amount Hoyer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.84% more than the national average, earning 425,125 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 63.11% more than the national average, earning R 387,600 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.27% less than the national average, earning $16,738,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.42% more than the national average, earning $46,781 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.32% more than the national average, earning $51,828 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hoyer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hoyer in the Marathi language | ||
| भोयर | bhoyara | - |
| Hoyer in the Arabic language | ||
| هويير | hwyyr | - |
| هوير | hwyr | - |
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