Schechten Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Schechten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Schechten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schechten Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schechten is found most in Germany. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Schechten.
How Common Is The Last Name Schechten? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schechten is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Schechten occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Schechten reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 71 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent live. Beside Germany this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schachten | 89 | 87 | / |
| Shechtin | 82 | 7 | / |
| Schachtin | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sechtem | 75 | 80 | / |
| Sechtin | 75 | 26 | / |
| Schichting | 74 | 7 | / |
| Sechting | 71 | 131 | / |
| Sachtien | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schhichting | 70 | 2 | / |
| Schoichting | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sejten | 67 | 51 | / |
| Sectin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Seichting | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sedsten | 63 | 6 | / |
| Sichting | 59 | 487 | / |
| Söchting | 59 | 190 | / |
| Shikhtin | 59 | 7 | / |
| Shikhtina | 56 | 4 | / |
| Cejtin | 53 | 8 | / |
| Sictin | 53 | 1 | / |
| Suijten | 50 | 48 | / |
| Sidsten | 50 | 16 | / |
| Citzten | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Schechten
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