Elchner Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Elchner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elchner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Elchner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Elchner Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Elchner is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elchner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Elchner are found; 48 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Elchner is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 88 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent live. Other than Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Austria, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elschner93691/
Gelchner930/
Helchner930/
Elcner9253/
Elczner865/
Alchner863/
Ilchner861/
Elshner860/
Olchner860/
Ilschner80116/
Hilchner8028/
Elsner7723,721/
Elzner77690/
Elßner77229/
Elkhne774/
Elcnerová755/
Helsner7199/
Helzner7164/
Eltzner7151/
Elssner7118/
Elszner718/
Gelsner717/
Elsnert717/
Eltsner714/
Gelzner713/
Ellsner711/
Elcznerová711/
Elsnere710/
Elesner710/
Elsne672/

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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 Elchner
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