Hökby Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hökby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hökby 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
Sweden331:298,38720,789
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

The alternate forms: Hokby (6) are calculated separately.

Hökby Last Name Facts

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

Hökby occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Hokby. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hökby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hökby is the 3,373,373rd most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hökby live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 298,387. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 67 percent live, Södermanland County, where 12 percent live and Gävleborg County, where 9 percent live. Besides Sweden this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Luxembourg, where 3 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
Hokby936/
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Hekboy7391/
Häckby733/
Hakbay731/
Hockby730/
Heckby730/
Okby67189/
Akby678/
Ekby674/
Hockbay671/
Höckber671/
Cheekby670/
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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 Hökby
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