Hörup Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Denmark

Hörup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hörup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Denmark121:470,39330,183

The alternate forms: Horup (323) are calculated separately.

Hörup Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hörup is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Horup. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hörup? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hörup reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 518,250. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Skåne County, where 42 percent are found, Gävleborg County, where 26 percent are found and Uppsala County, where 16 percent are found. Besides Sweden this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 39 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horup93323/
Örup898/
Herup80134/
Harup8045/
Harrup73942/
Haarup73268/
Herrup7376/
Heerup7333/
Hoerup7317/
Haruph735/
Harțup731/
Haraup730/
Arup671,479/
Orup67333/
Erup6724/
Horauph6716/
Harrupp670/
Aarup601,283/
Harub6036/
Arrup6029/
Aruph609/
Arupp603/
Horub603/
Erupp601/
Oroup601/
Herub601/
Horoub55202/
Harrub5542/
Arauph5515/
Harubh557/
Aarrup551/
O'Rupp551/
Arahup551/
Hharoub501/
Herroub501/

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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 Hörup
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