Schiedewitz Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schiedewitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schiedewitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1921:419,29938,092
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941

Schiedewitz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schiedewitz occurs most in Germany. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schiedewitz? popularity and diffusion

Schiedewitz is the 1,177,228th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. Schiedewitz is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Schiedewitz are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 419,299. In Germany Schiedewitz is mostly concentrated in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 64 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 12 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schedewitz9545/
Schidewitz951/
Sidewitz8424/
Sedewitz8413/
Seydewitz80293/
Seidewitz80219/
Shedevitz807/
Schediwetz7618/
Siediewicz761/
Sidewicz7420/
Zedewitz741/
Szehidewicz7326/
Seydevitz7017/
Seidowitz708/
Sedewitch705/
Shedivetz704/
Schedovez702/
Seddowitz701/

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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 Schiedewitz
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