von Hessen Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Switzerland

von Hessen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Hessen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

von Hessen Last Name Facts

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

von Hessen is most common in Italy. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name von Hessen? popularity and diffusion

The last name von Hessen is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name von Hessen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of von Hessen reside; 50 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 50 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The last name von Hessen is most frequently used in Italy, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 30,578,344. In Italy von Hessen is most prevalent in: Lazio, where 50 percent are found and Lombardy, where 50 percent are found. Not including Italy this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 25 percent are found and Switzerland, where 25 percent are found.

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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 von Hessen
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