Schelegel Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Schelegel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schelegel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Schelegel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schelegel is found most frequently in Argentina. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Schelegel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schelegel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Schelegel live; 73 percent live in South America and 36 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

Schelegel is most commonly used in Argentina, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 3,561,951. In Argentina Schelegel is most frequent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 50 percent are found, Entre Ríos Province, where 42 percent are found and Chaco Province, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Argentina this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 24 percent are found.

Schelegel Last Name Statistics demography

Schelegel earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 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 Schelegel
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