Höök Surname

357,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,014 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Höök Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Höök Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden8011:12,2931,061
Finland1781:30,8804,103
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Hook (33,138) are calculated separately.

Höök Last Name Facts

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

Höök is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also occur as a variant: Hook. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Höök? popularity and diffusion

Höök is the 357,784th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,186,929 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Höök are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Höök is most common in Sweden, where it is held by 801 people, or 1 in 12,293. In Sweden Höök is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 26 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 14 percent are found and Uppsala County, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 18 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Höök Last Name Statistics demography

Höök earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 8.88% more than the national average, earning 376,826 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hööck892/
Hök86235/
Hook8333,138/
Höck753,887/
Höke751,672/
Höög75579/
Höhk7519/
Hökh757/
Högö753/
Hökkä67163/
Höcke67120/
Höckh67101/
Hyöky6795/
Höyük6766/
Höcky6755/
Höögs6714/
Hyöki6711/
Höögh679/
Höögová552/

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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 Höök
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