Schelter Surname

294,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schelter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schelter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8231:97,82012,178
United States2481:1,461,528100,066
Brazil1671:1,281,88243,935
Canada441:837,40065,151
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

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
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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 Schelter
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