Hölz Surname

299,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hölz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hölz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,2581:63,9958,236
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
France11:66,422,722504,397
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Holz (25,000) are calculated separately.

Hölz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hölz is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Holz. For other possible spellings of Hölz click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hölz? popularity and diffusion

Hölz is the 299,542nd most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,738,225 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hölz live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Hölz is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 1,258 people, or 1 in 63,995. In Germany Hölz is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 55 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Holz9225,000/
Höltz8984/
Hölcz8921/
Hölze891/
Hölsz891/
Ölz86385/
Ölez75382/
Halz75102/
Helz7564/
Ölze7525/
Höls7523/
Hölß7521/
Öltz756/
Ohlz751/
Ahlz751/
Hölc751/
Holtz6724,456/
Hoelz67487/
Heltz67302/
Holcz6772/
Haltz6762/
Helez6743/
Chelz6724/
Heulz6723/
Helcz6723/
Hölch6718/
Chalz6713/
Hölczová6712/
Halez6712/
Hollz677/
Holez677/
Cholz672/
Hallz672/
Holhz671/
Hölje671/
Hölss671/
Helsz671/
Höhls671/
Öltze671/
Holdz670/

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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 Hölz
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