Schelling Surname

74,276th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,619 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Schelling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schelling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9901:182,14018,189
Germany1,7661:45,5865,983
Netherlands8101:20,8483,302
Switzerland7611:10,7921,775
Austria4121:20,6693,223
Australia3551:76,0448,891
Slovakia1001:53,36410,301
Canada871:423,51337,101
Indonesia691:1,916,655121,671
Argentina541:791,54552,685
France291:2,290,439180,028
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Denmark181:313,59522,770
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Finland91:610,74534,002
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
England41:13,929,515290,718
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
China31:455,773,85521,925
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guam11:160,1214,893
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Aruba11:103,4772,586
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2141:234,66719,701

Schelling (13) may also be a first name.

Schelling Last Name Facts

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

Schelling is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schelling? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 74,276th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,101,004 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Schelling live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe. Schelling is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 13 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,990 people, or 1 in 182,140. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 10 percent are found, Nevada, where 9 percent are found and Illinois, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States Schelling occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 27 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 12 percent are found.

Schelling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schelling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schelling surname grew 930 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Schelling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schelling last name are 28.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.12% registered with the political party.

The amount Schelling earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.66% more than the national average, earning R 353,280 per year; in United States they earn 12.07% more than the national average, earning $48,355 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.52% less than the national average, earning $49,423 CAD 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
  • 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 Schelling
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