Hösli
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
Hösli is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.6Mas Hoesli(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 9.7K
- NLNetherlands1 in 314K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hösli itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 112 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.7K (inferred from the name graph)
864 people, 2024
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Hoesli in US United States, SG Singapore, CY Cyprus and Hosli in NL Netherlands, JM Jamaica.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Hösli counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 864 | 1 in 9.7K | 864 | Hösli | 21 |
| US United States | 209as Hoesli | 1 in 1.6M | 209 | Hoesli | 112 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Hoesli | 2 |
| SG Singapore | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 109K | — | Hoesli | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | 55 | 1 in 314K | 55 | Hosli | 7 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 581K | — | Hosli | 1 |
864 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jodok Höslib. 1505CHSwiss benedictine, abbot of monastry Pfäfers (-1637)
- Fritz Höslib. 1922CHSwiss politician (1922-2002)
- Paul Höslib. 1951CHSwiss politician
- Werner Höslib. 1961CHSwiss politician
- Thomas Höslib. 1965CHSwiss guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Marco Höslib. 2000CHSwiss curler
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)4 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 864 | #1,388 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Hösli have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 864 people named Hösli, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hösli.
- Where is Hösli most common?
- Hösli is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 9.7 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Hösli?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 864 people named Hösli in 2024, about 1 in 9.7 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Hösli?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/h%C3%B6sliThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hösli”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.