Hoven is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Wales. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hoven
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Wales
Meaning:

A variation of Owens. The son of Owen meaning "wellborn".

A variant of Oven. If the O be long, the name may be a corruption of Oving, a parish in Sussex. Scholar Ferguson, however derives it from the Old Norse ovanr, inexperienced.

Hoven is the variation of Owen. A personal name in Wales. Most of our Owens are from that principality, but it is possible that a few may be of Saxon blood, for there is an Owine in Domesday of Yorkshire, and a still earlier Owine occurs in the Codex Diplomaticus. It is one of the most common of Welsh surnames.The commonness of Welsh patronymics has tended to a great confusion of the 'gentle' and the ‘simple' in Wales. There are thousands of Owens who bear that name simply because their grandfathers or perhaps their fathers bore it as a Christian name. In ancient families the patrynomic became a stationary family name about the times of Henry VIII, and Queen Elizabeth.

The Owens of Tedsmore Hall, Denbighshire, formerly of Llunllo, are descended from Howell Dha, and the Kings of South Wales, but the first of the family who wrote himself Owen, was Roland Owen, sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1610. The Owens of Glynafon descend from Llywarch ap Bran, lord of Menai in Anglesea, founder of the second noble tribe of North Wales and Powys. The Owens of Orielton, county of Pembroke, Barts., spring from Hova ap Kundhelw, a nobleman of North Wales, who lived about the year 1130, and was one of the fifteen peers.

How popular is Hoven?

Hoven is common in United States, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Egypt, Canada.

Hoven is ranked 96341 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hovens plummeted by 5.38 per cent to 984 since 2000 and slipped by 2214 spots and ranked at 25187. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.53 97.88
Black 1.32 0.48
Hispanic or Latino 1.22 0.77
Hoven is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Netherlands is ahead in terms of density. Around 4938 people have been found who wears Hoven as their family name. Hoven is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Hoven:
21,311 United States1,652
6,470 Germany1,622
Countries with hundreds of Hoven:
3,184 Netherlands836
3,019 Norway223
28,715 Egypt183
27,191 Canada126
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
37,885 Australia54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
35,739 Belgium37
76,713 Argentina32
90,678 South Africa27
19,121 Finland23
22,770 Denmark18
184,366 Philippines16
26,435 New Zealand14
13,576 Wales14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
434,432 Indonesia10
202,100 England7
553,295 Thailand6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

26 years old farmer Friedrich Hoven who was residing in Aukam, Germany migrated to New York on April 18, 1851 by Bessel put out from Bremen. Mekee-O. Hoven (18) Laborer, 38 years old Arn-Mrs Hoven, Conrad Hoven, Fanny-Felix Hoven, aged 4, Felix Hoven, aged Of unknown age, Tourist Reverend Hoven, 22 years old John Hoven, Fr. Hoven (34) Cigar maker, 39 years old Sophie Hoven, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool & Queenstown, Antwerp, Bremen & Southampton, Glasgow & Moville and Hamburg & Havre.

Hoven Namesakes

  • Waldemar Hoven, Nazi and a physician at Buchenwald concentration camp

Hoven Namesakes

  • Waldemar Hoven, Nazi and a physician at Buchenwald concentration camp

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