Höchtl Surname

350,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,040 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Höchtl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Höchtl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria5471:15,5682,320
Germany4811:167,37119,787
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Hochtl (9) are calculated separately.

Höchtl Last Name Facts

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

The surname Höchtl is more commonly found in Austria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Hochtl. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Höchtl? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 350,743rd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,007,256 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Höchtl reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Austria, where it is carried by 547 people, or 1 in 15,568. In Austria it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Austria, where 52 percent are found, Vienna, where 31 percent are found and Upper Austria, where 11 percent are found. Besides Austria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 46 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hochtl949/
Höchtel9238/
Hechtl83724/
Jöchtl83103/
Höchtlová801/
Hachtel77893/
Hechtel77367/
Hoechtl7775/
Hächtel772/
Hochtel771/
Höchtelová751/
Haechtel715/
Chechtel711/
Achtel67136/
Achtyl67100/
Ochtel678/
Echtel675/

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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 Höchtl
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