Schellings Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Schellings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schellings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3851:43,8637,464
Belgium261:442,17945,013
United States261:13,940,728505,428
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
France21:33,211,361423,184
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Schellings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schellings has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schellings? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 640,141st most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,342,202 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Schellings reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 43,863. In The Netherlands Schellings is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 31 percent reside, Limburg, where 30 percent reside and North Holland, where 14 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Schellings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schellings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schellings last name expanded 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schellings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schellings last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.

The amount Schellings earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.31% less than the national average, earning R 91,932 per year; in United States they earn 26.07% less than the national average, earning $31,900 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.14% more than the national average, earning $63,664 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
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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 Schellings
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