Schachten Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schachten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schachten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Schachten Last Name Facts

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

Schachten is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schachten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,007,164th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Schachten is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Schachten reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 1,133,880. In Germany Schachten is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent are found. Beside Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Schachten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schachten has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schachten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Schachten are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Schachten earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.6% less than the national average, earning $35,554 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 Schachten
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