Höffkes Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Höffkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
The alternate forms: Hoffkes (1) are calculated separately.
Höffkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Höffkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Höffkes is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Hoffkes. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Höffkes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Höffkes live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Höffkes is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 1,829,670. In Germany Höffkes is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent live and Bavaria, where 2 percent live. Not including Germany Höffkes occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 6 percent live and Sweden, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffkes | 95 | 1 | / |
| Höfkes | 92 | 52 | / |
| Höffker | 86 | 70 | / |
| Höfke | 83 | 71 | / |
| Haffke | 77 | 782 | / |
| Hofkes | 77 | 181 | / |
| Höfker | 77 | 165 | / |
| Heffke | 77 | 24 | / |
| Hoffke | 77 | 10 | / |
| Höbkes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Öfke | 73 | 58 | / |
| Haafkes | 71 | 248 | / |
| Haffcke | 71 | 10 | / |
| Hoefkes | 71 | 6 | / |
| Haffkey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hoffcke | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hafke | 67 | 1,064 | / |
| Hefke | 67 | 580 | / |
| Häfke | 67 | 94 | / |
| Hofke | 67 | 27 | / |
| Efkes | 67 | 26 | / |
| Afkes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Affke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Offke | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Höffkes
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