Hövels Surname
Approximately 314 people bear this surname
Hövels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 279 | 1:288,550 | 29,983 |
| Netherlands | 34 | 1:496,682 | 47,398 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
The alternate forms: Hovels (31) are calculated separately.
Hövels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hövels Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hövels is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Hovels. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hövels? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 864,701st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hövels live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 279 people, or 1 in 288,550. In Germany Hövels is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 23 percent reside and Hesse, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Hövels
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