Schelter Surname
Approximately 1,294 people bear this surname
Schelter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 823 | 1:97,820 | 12,178 |
| United States | 248 | 1:1,461,528 | 100,066 |
| Brazil | 167 | 1:1,281,882 | 43,935 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
Schelter Demographics
Average Schelter Salary in
United States
$49,427 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Schelter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schelter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schelter is found most in Germany. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Schelter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schelter? popularity and diffusion
It is the 294,812th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,631,797 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Schelter live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Schelter is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 823 people, or 1 in 97,820. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 67 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live and Brandenburg, where 5 percent live. Besides Germany this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and Brazil, where 13 percent live.
Schelter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Schelter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 775 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Schelter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Schelter last name are 22.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.97% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Schelter earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 14.55% more than the national average, earning $49,427 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.99% more than the national average, earning $56,636 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 Schelter
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