Høknes Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Høknes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Høknes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway411:125,42216,333
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Høknes Last Name Facts

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

Høknes is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Høknes.

How Common Is The Last Name Høknes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Høknes is the 3,017,195th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Høknes are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Høknes is most numerous in Norway, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 125,422. In Norway Høknes is primarily found in: Central Norway, where 56 percent live, Northern Norway, where 27 percent live and Western Norway, where 10 percent live. Outside of Norway Høknes is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent live.

Høknes Last Name Statistics demography

Høknes earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 13.23% less than the national average, earning 300,279 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knes80461/
Knies733,718/
Kness731,003/
Kneis73754/
Knese73725/
Knees73336/
Knesz73304/
Knets7399/
Kneas7354/
Knesh7339/
Kneys7336/
Khnes7314/
Åknes7311/
Knehs735/
Kneus734/
Chkne731/
K'Nes731/
Kennes671,797/
Kniess671,493/
Kneuss67547/
Kneese67510/
Kinnes67306/
Kne67260/
Kneisz67237/
Kneiss67205/
Kneist67176/
Kniesz67164/
Kneise6763/
Kneass6760/
Knesch6722/
Knesse6717/
Kneyse6713/
Kneisc678/
Könnes676/
Knetsz675/
Kneihs673/
Kniehs672/
Khnees672/
Knehss671/
Kniesh671/
Knejsz671/
Kneits671/
Khnest671/
Hckner670/
Kneish670/
Hckney670/
Knease670/

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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 Høknes
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis