Schernitzky Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schernitzky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schernitzky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Schernitzky Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schernitzky Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Schernitzky occurs most in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schernitzky? popularity and diffusion

Schernitzky is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Schernitzky are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Schernitzky is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Schernitzky is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 47 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 40 percent reside and Hamburg, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

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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 Schernitzky
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