Hörig Surname

298,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,275 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hörig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hörig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,2611:63,8438,205
Slovakia111:485,13257,527
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

The alternate forms: Horig (42) are calculated separately.

Hörig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hörig (Arabic: هوريغ, Marathi: होरीग) is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Horig. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hörig? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 298,559th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,715,722 people. The last name Hörig is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hörig are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Hörig is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 1,261 people, or 1 in 63,843. In Germany Hörig is primarily found in: Saxony, where 36 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 19 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horig9342/
Hörzig9123/
Hörigh918/
Harig804,064/
Ehrig802,503/
Herig80314/
Härig80170/
Hörik80142/
Jörig8021/
Öhrig8015/
Ohrig802/
Höric801/
Höreg801/
Ahrig800/
Hörigová771/
Herrig732,010/
Jährig73678/
Hoerig73543/
Charig73296/
Harrig73212/
Haraig73160/
Haarig73134/
Horrig73100/
Oehrig7352/
Haerig7326/
Heurig7326/
Cherig7319/
Harieg7316/
Aehrig7310/
Hehrig739/
Heraig734/
Hareig732/
Heerig731/
Harigh731/
Harihg731/
Ehrigh730/
Hahrig730/
Ahrieg730/
Orig671,744/
Arig671,510/
Erig67747/
Öreg67110/
Harhigh6796/
Höricke6788/
Haerrig6716/
Charieg675/
Charigh672/
Cherieg671/
Heraigh670/
Harrigh670/
Herrieg670/

Hörig Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hörig in the Marathi language
होरीगhoriga-
Hörig in the Arabic language
هوريغhwrygh-

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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 Hörig
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