Hörsch Surname

409,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 852 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hörsch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hörsch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8411:95,72611,937
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Horsch (3,815) are calculated separately.

Hörsch Last Name Facts

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

Hörsch occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Horsch. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hörsch? popularity and diffusion

Hörsch is the 409,925th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,553,458 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hörsch are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 841 people, or 1 in 95,726. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 51 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 19 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Apart from Germany Hörsch exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Chile, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horsch943,815/
Hörch911/
Harsch835,071/
Hersch832,232/
Hoersch77324/
Harrsch77230/
Herrsch7711/
Heersch771/
Herssch770/
Haarsch770/
Harsh739,331/
Hersh738,355/
Ersch73205/
Horsh7341/
Ahrsh738/
Ehrsh735/
Orsch734/
Örs6718,083/
Charsh6723/
Järsch6720/
Eursch6714/
Chersh673/
Harrsh672/
Herrsh672/
Heersh671/
Horrsh670/
Hoersh670/

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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 Hörsch
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