Reischauer Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Reischauer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Reischauer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria2161:39,4236,339
United States971:3,736,690206,520
Germany741:1,087,91272,931
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Reischauer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Reischauer is carried by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Reischauer? popularity and diffusion

Reischauer is the 722,496th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Reischauer reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Austria, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 39,423. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Upper Austria, where 72 percent are found, Vienna, where 12 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Austria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Germany, where 18 percent are found.

Reischauer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Reischauer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Reischauer surname expanded 422 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Reischauer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Reischauer last name are 9.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.52% being registered with the party.

Reischauer earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.72% more than the national average, earning $45,186 USD per year.

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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 Reischauer
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