Hörnig Surname
Approximately 1,965 people bear this surname
Hörnig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,935 | 1:41,605 | 5,479 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Hornig (8,030) are calculated separately.
Hörnig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hörnig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hörnig occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Hornig. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hörnig? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 210,129th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,708,675 people. The surname Hörnig occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hörnig reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,935 people, or 1 in 41,605. In Germany Hörnig is most frequent in: Saxony, where 33 percent live, Bavaria, where 22 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornig | 94 | 8,030 | / |
| Hörnigk | 92 | 10 | / |
| Hernig | 83 | 80 | / |
| Harnig | 83 | 47 | / |
| Härnig | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hörnigová | 80 | 7 | / |
| Hoernig | 77 | 501 | / |
| Chernig | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hörnick | 77 | 2 | / |
| Herrnig | 77 | 1 | / |
| Haernig | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hornnig | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hernicg | 77 | 0 | / |
| Oehrnig | 77 | 0 | / |
| Charnig | 77 | 0 | / |
| Horneig | 77 | 0 | / |
| Hernnig | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ornig | 73 | 307 | / |
| Arnig | 73 | 12 | / |
| Örnik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ernig | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hörnicke | 71 | 328 | / |
| Hoernigk | 71 | 5 | / |
| Hornik | 67 | 2,816 | / |
| Hernik | 67 | 2,631 | / |
| Harnik | 67 | 811 | / |
| Ornigg | 67 | 44 | / |
| Arnaig | 67 | 15 | / |
| Harnic | 67 | 3 | / |
| Horneg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eurnig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ernigh | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Hörnig
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