Höss Surname

314,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Höss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Höss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7641:105,37413,019
Austria3461:24,6113,868
Hungary661:148,73113,450
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hös8647/
Öss8613/
Höse75931/
Höst7596/
Häss7528/
Höhs7512/
Hösz759/
Hössová733/
Hösch671,475/
Heuss67979/
Ös67447/
Hoess67286/
Huiss67117/
Höhse6736/
Haess6726/
Hässe671/

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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 Höss
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