Höness

surname · Latin script

Höness is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kent. variant of Hone ; see also Hones .

rarermore common
  • LSLesotho≈1 in 163K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 250K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 436K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Höness 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.

United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)

≈150 people, est.

Sources
88 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 163K (inferred from the name graph)

Lesotho, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Honess in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 2 more and Höneß in DE Germany.

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(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Kent. variant of Hone ; see also Hones . Variants: Hones , Honess , Hoon • Current frequencies: GB 1309, Ireland 83 • GB frequency 1881: 1015 • Main GB location 1881: Surrey and London; also Oxon • Main Irish location 1847–64: Dublin; Donegal and Derry English: locative name for someone who lived by a prominent stone, esp. a boundary marker, from Middle English hone (Old English hān ‘stone’).

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Höness 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.

Where Höness is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom≈150 est.≈1 in 436K—Honess85
AU Australia≈100 est.≈1 in 250K—Honess47
US United States≈100 est.≈1 in 3.3MlistedHoness88
DE Germany≈44 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Höneß20
CA Canada≈41 est.≈1 in 929K—Honess27
LS Lesotho≈12 est.≈1 in 163K—Honess1

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.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Höness under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Höness mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Kent. variant of Hone ; see also Hones . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
In which country does Höness have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 151 people named Höness in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled honess.
How common is the name Höness?
Mondonomo estimates about 150 people in the United Kingdom have Höness as their first surname, about 1 in 436 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Höness”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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