Schenau Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Schenau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 166 | 1:101,730 | 16,487 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Schenau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schenau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schenau is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Schenau.
How Common Is The Last Name Schenau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schenau is the 1,239,697th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. Schenau occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Schenau live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Schenau is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 101,730. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 52 percent live, Gelderland, where 18 percent live and Utrecht, where 13 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
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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 Schenau
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