Schentz Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Schentz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Schentz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schentz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schentz occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schentz? popularity and diffusion
Schentz is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Schentz live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany it is mostly found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 63 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 34 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 30 percent reside and Austria, where 23 percent reside.
Schentz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schentz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schentz surname declined 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Schentz
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