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
The surname Höss is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Höss click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Höss? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 314,680th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,108,588 people. The last name Höss is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Höss live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 764 people, or 1 in 105,374. In Germany it is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 46 percent are found, Bavaria, where 41 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 3 percent are found. Beside Germany Höss exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 29 percent are found and Hungary, where 6 percent are found.
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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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