Hök Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hök Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Hök 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
Sweden1951:50,4963,894
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Hök Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hök occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hök.

How Common Is The Last Name Hök? popularity and diffusion

Hök is the 1,061,269th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hök reside; 84 percent reside in Northern Europe and 84 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Hök is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is held by 195 people, or 1 in 50,496. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 32 percent are found, Värmland County, where 15 percent are found and Skåne County, where 10 percent are found. Not including Sweden this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 16 percent are found and Finland, where 0 percent are found.

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
Höck863,887/
Höhk8619/
Hökh867/
Höks861/
Ök803/
Höckh75101/
Hökås759/
Höcks752/
Hög67285/
Öks674/
Öck671/
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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 Hök
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