Schalhorn Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schalhorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schalhorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Schälhorn (6) are calculated separately.

Schalhorn Last Name Facts

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

Schalhorn is found most in Germany. It may also appear as a variant: Schälhorn. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schalhorn? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,909,720th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Schalhorn occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Schalhorn live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Schalhorn is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 1,829,670. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent are found and Bavaria, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Schalhorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schalhorn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schalhorn last name contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Schalhorn
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