Höbek Surname

536,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 601 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Höbek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Höbek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey5981:130,13610,663
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Hobek (81) are calculated separately.

Höbek Last Name Facts

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

Höbek is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Hobek. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Höbek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 536,164th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 12,125,700 people. The last name Höbek occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Höbek reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 598 people, or 1 in 130,136. In Turkey Höbek is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 23 percent reside, Kahramanmaras Province, where 22 percent reside and Kayseri Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Turkey Höbek is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.

Höbek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Höbek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Höbek surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hobek9381/
Öbek89649/
Habek80925/
Hebek8072/
Habeck733,847/
Hobeck73452/
Chabek73107/
Hebeck7324/
Chebek7310/
Hobeik733/
Hoebek731/
Habeek731/
Haabek730/
Heubeck671,595/
Ebek671,257/
Abek67330/
Chabekh67208/
Obek67147/
Övek67101/
Hoebeek6769/
Hoebeck6740/
Häbecke6716/
Hövecke672/
Höwecke671/
Heebeck670/
Haebeck670/

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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 Höbek
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