Schelte Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Schelte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 334 | 1:241,034 | 26,405 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Schelté (1) are calculated separately.
Schelte (173) may also be a first name.
Schelte Demographics
Average Schelte Salary in
Norway
205,943 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Schelte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schelte Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schelte occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Schelté. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schelte? popularity and diffusion
It is the 790,102nd most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. The last name Schelte is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Schelte live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe. Schelte is also the 694,534th most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 173 people.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 241,034. In Germany Schelte is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 83 percent reside, Bavaria, where 7 percent reside and Hamburg, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 2 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.
Schelte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schelte has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Schelte Last Name Statistics demography
Schelte earn a lot less than the average income. In Norway they earn 40.49% less than the national average, earning 205,943 kr 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 Schelte
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