Schestag Surname

660,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Schestag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schestag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3071:262,23328,064
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Austria511:166,96921,809
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Schestág (6) are calculated separately.

Schestag Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schestag is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Schestág. Click here to see other potential spellings of Schestag.

How Common Is The Last Name Schestag? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 660,498th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Schestag reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 307 people, or 1 in 262,233. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 44 percent reside, Hesse, where 18 percent reside and Bavaria, where 9 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Austria, where 11 percent reside.

Schestag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schestag has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 3,750 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schestag Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Schestag are 47.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 94.12% registered with the political party.

Schestag earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 60.47% more than the national average, earning $69,241 USD 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 Schestag
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