Schilgen Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schilgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schilgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany791:1,019,05669,716
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Schilgen Last Name Facts

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

Schilgen occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schilgen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,746,159th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Schilgen live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 1,019,056. In Germany Schilgen is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 49 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live and Berlin, where 13 percent live. Beside Germany Schilgen occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Austria, where 5 percent live.

Schilgen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schilgen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schilgen last name rose 575 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schilgen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schilgen surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Schilgen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 75.8% more than the national average, earning $75,854 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
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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 Schilgen
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