Schandorf Surname

150,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,929 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Schandorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schandorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2,8401:9,5141,275
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Denmark281:201,59716,538
England141:3,979,861125,553
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Schandorf (283) may also be a first name.

Schandorf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schandorf is found most frequently in Ghana. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schandorf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 150,566th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,488,066 people. Schandorf is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Schandorf reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Schandorf is also the 526,385th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 283 people.

The last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 2,840 people, or 1 in 9,514. Beside Ghana it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.

Schandorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schandorf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schandorf last name grew 183 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schandorf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schandorf surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.

Schandorf earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.06% less than the national average, earning $41,397 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schandorff95451/
Shandorf94217/
Schondorf89299/
Shandorff891/
Sandorf88208/
Schandorph84128/
Schondorff8432/
Schonndorf841/
Sandorff82139/
Sanddorf823/
Shendorf821/
Sheindorf7811/
Shoendorf782/
Shendorff780/
Sondorf756/
Sanderf756/
Zandorf753/
Sassendorf7420/
Sandhorv711/
Sandarbh592/
Zeindorf590/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Schandorf
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