Höft Surname
Approximately 5,047 people bear this surname
Höft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,891 | 1:16,460 | 2,175 |
| Poland | 82 | 1:463,521 | 46,884 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Hoft (974) are calculated separately.
Höft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Höft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Höft is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Hoft. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Höft? popularity and diffusion
The last name Höft is the 94,383rd most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,443,936 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Höft reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 4,891 people, or 1 in 16,460. In Germany Höft is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 27 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live. Not including Germany it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
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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 Höft
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