Höss Surname
Approximately 1,193 people bear this surname
Höss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 764 | 1:105,374 | 13,019 |
| Austria | 346 | 1:24,611 | 3,868 |
| Hungary | 66 | 1:148,731 | 13,450 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Höss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Höss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Höss occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Höss click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Höss? popularity and diffusion
It is the 314,680th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 6,108,588 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Höss live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Höss is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 764 people, or 1 in 105,374. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 46 percent live, Bavaria, where 41 percent live and Brandenburg, where 3 percent live. Other than Germany it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 29 percent live and Hungary, where 6 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 Höss
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