van Hoofd Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Hoofd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Hoofd Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van Hoofd Last Name Facts

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

van Hoofd occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Hoofd? popularity and diffusion

The surname van Hoofd is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name van Hoofd is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Hoofd live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Hoofd is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,299,014. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Utrecht, where 54 percent live, Friesland, where 8 percent live and Gelderland, where 8 percent live. Beside The Netherlands it is found in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Hoofdt951/
van Hoove7829/
van Hove717,333/
van Howe7158/
van Houwe6766/
Van-Hove5924/
von Hove595/
Van-Howe591/
van Have591/
van Hauwe56444/
van Hauve5629/
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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 van Hoofd
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