Höfken Surname
Approximately 582 people bear this surname
Höfken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 577 | 1:139,524 | 16,921 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Hofken (10) are calculated separately.
Höfken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Höfken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Höfken is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Hofken. Click here to see other potential spellings of Höfken.
How Common Is The Last Name Höfken? popularity and diffusion
The last name Höfken is the 549,140th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Höfken are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 577 people, or 1 in 139,524. In Germany Höfken is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 80 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 10 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 4 percent reside. Not including Germany Höfken exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside and Czechia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Höfken
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