Willhöft Surname
Approximately 773 people bear this surname
Willhöft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 759 | 1:106,068 | 13,100 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Willhoft (263) are calculated separately.
Willhöft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willhöft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Willhöft occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Willhoft. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Willhöft? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 442,270th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 9,427,614 people. The surname Willhöft is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Willhöft reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Willhöft is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 759 people, or 1 in 106,068. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 45 percent live, Hamburg, where 31 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 6 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willhoft | 96 | 263 | / |
| Wilhöft | 93 | 50 | / |
| Willhaft | 88 | 3 | / |
| Willhoeft | 82 | 103 | / |
| Willhofft | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wilhoft | 80 | 42 | / |
| Wilhøft | 80 | 5 | / |
| Willfat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wilheft | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wilhaft | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wilhoeft | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wille Hefti | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wilfet | 71 | 10 | / |
| Wilfot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Willought | 71 | 1 | / |
| Willfed | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wilfito | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wellfit | 67 | 3 | / |
| Willvat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Willie F T | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welhoft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Willew | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wellhew | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Willhöft
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