The Hove surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,041 people carried this name — #14,587 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted. That is up 19% from 1,718 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Hove.
Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Hove live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
973 people named Hove is counted in Norway.
Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Hove,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paul Hove d. 1988 · swimmer
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Jakob Torson Hove 1574–1645
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wife of Jakob Torson Hove 1578–
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Tore Jakobson Hove 1604–1685
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Helga Larsdatter Hove 1613–1685
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Johannes Jakobson Hove 1616–1676
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hove.
- Houlette 227 · U.S. census
- Houpe 303 · U.S. census
- Houth 148 · U.S. census
- Houx 360 · U.S. census
- Houy 441 · U.S. census
- Houze 899 · U.S. census
- Hovhannisyan 637 · U.S. census
- Hovsepian 1,060 · U.S. census
- Howald 619 · U.S. census
- Howard 264,826 · U.S. census
- Hoy 9,196 · U.S. census
- Hoyer 3,589 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Hove is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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