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 surname Höft is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Hoft. Click here for further potential spellings of Höft.
How Common Is The Last Name Höft? popularity and diffusion
Höft is the 94,383rd most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,443,936 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Höft are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 4,891 people, or 1 in 16,460. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 27 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 16 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
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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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