Hönsch Surname

667,223rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 449 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hönsch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hönsch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4061:198,28922,834
Slovakia161:333,52846,365
Austria121:709,62061,025
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

The alternate forms: Honsch (72) are calculated separately.

Hönsch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hönsch occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Honsch. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hönsch? popularity and diffusion

It is the 667,223rd most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 16,230,615 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hönsch reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 406 people, or 1 in 198,289. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent reside, Saxony, where 15 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 4 percent reside and Austria, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Honsch9472/
Höhnsch921/
Hänsch833,499/
Hansch832,716/
Hensch831,967/
Hönche836/
Höns8038/
Hönschová8018/
Hönschova801/
Haensch77661/
Hoensch77128/
Hahnsch7774/
Jähnsch7760/
Chonsch7710/
Heunsch771/
Hannsch771/
Chensch771/
Hennsch770/
Hansh731,834/
Ensch73818/
Hensh73676/
Höhns73211/
Honsh738/
Ansch732/
Jänsch672,924/
Hänche678/
Chansh671/

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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 Hönsch
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