Höhr Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Höhr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Höhr Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2371:339,68533,336
Austria311:274,69131,731
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Höhr Last Name Facts

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

The surname Höhr occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Höhr click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Höhr? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 956,400th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name Höhr occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Höhr are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Höhr is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 237 people, or 1 in 339,685. In Germany Höhr is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 25 percent live and Hesse, where 16 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 11 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Höhre8980/
Hör86543/
Öhr86141/
Hörr751,350/
Hörz75792/
Jöhr75357/
Hört7578/
Hähr7542/
Höre7530/
Öhrt758/
Chör751/
Höhrová731/
Hörth671,185/
Hoehr67154/
Hähre6734/
Haehr6714/
Ör678/
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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 Höhr
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