Hübsch Surname

114,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,025 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hübsch Surname Definition:

(German) The handsome man.

Hübsch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,4241:23,5123,117
Austria2681:31,7745,119
Czechia1111:95,79715,936
Sweden631:156,29810,904
Poland521:730,93760,459
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Slovakia241:222,35235,659
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
France161:4,151,420237,746
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

The alternate forms: Hubsch (814) & Hűbsch (16) are calculated separately.

Hübsch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The handsome man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(German), Handsome. (variant: Bienfait and Joliffe.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Hübsch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hübsch is found most in Germany. It can be rendered as: Hubsch or Hűbsch. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hübsch? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 114,812th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,810,570 people. The surname Hübsch is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Hübsch live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 3,424 people, or 1 in 23,512. In Germany Hübsch is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 22 percent live, Saxony, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live. Besides Germany it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 7 percent live and Czechia, where 3 percent live.

Hübsch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hübsch has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hübsch surname decreased 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hubsch94814/
Hűbsch9416/
Hübsche9228/
Hübscht927/
Hibsch83131/
Hüpsch835/
Hübschová80111/
Hübs8015/
Huebsch771,217/
Hiebsch77578/
Ibsch73386/
Hübst7321/
Hibsh733/
Hübsz731/
Hubsh730/
Hipsch6722/
Hupsch6719/
Hűbschová6710/
Hüpschová671/
Huebsh671/

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