Scheenstra Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Scheenstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheenstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2711:62,31410,711
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Scheenstra Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scheenstra is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheenstra? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 786,896th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. Scheenstra occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Scheenstra reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 62,314. In The Netherlands Scheenstra is most frequent in: Friesland, where 33 percent are found, South Holland, where 21 percent are found and Gelderland, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands Scheenstra occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Scheenstra Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scheenstra surname are 12.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.82% being registered to vote for the political party.

Scheenstra earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.98% more than the national average, earning $55,224 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schoenstra9022/
Seenstra895/
Ceenstra891/
Seinstra78440/
Sienstra782/
Seynstra781/
Shinstra780/
Seijnstra7411/
Senstro712/
Synstra711/
Zeinstra671,018/
Showenstroth641/
Zeijnstra631/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Scheenstra
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis