Hörcher Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Hörcher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 238 | 1:338,258 | 33,254 |
| Hungary | 41 | 1:239,421 | 19,309 |
The alternate forms: Horcher (1,022) are calculated separately.
Hörcher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hörcher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hörcher is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Horcher. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hörcher? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hörcher is the 940,398th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hörcher live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 338,258. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Thuringia, where 31 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 30 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent live. Barring Germany it exists in one country. It also occurs in Hungary, where 15 percent live.
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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 Hörcher
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