Höhensteiger Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Höhensteiger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Höhensteiger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1391:579,17647,094
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Hohensteiger (1) are calculated separately.

Höhensteiger Last Name Facts

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

Höhensteiger is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Hohensteiger. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Höhensteiger? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,497,948th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Höhensteiger reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Höhensteiger is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 579,176. In Germany Höhensteiger is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 99 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 1 percent are found. Besides Germany Höhensteiger occurs in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hohensteiger971/
Hehensteiger9233/
Hoehensteiger881/

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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
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  • 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 Höhensteiger
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