Schlemme Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schlemme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schlemme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1481:543,95645,184
United States701:5,177,985261,849
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Schlemme Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schlemme is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Schlemme click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schlemme? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,085,744th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Schlemme reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 65 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 543,956. In Germany Schlemme is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 56 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live and Hesse, where 14 percent live. Not including Germany it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Schlemme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schlemme has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schlemme surname increased 226 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schlemme Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schlemme last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Schlemme earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.96% less than the national average, earning $34,537 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 Schlemme
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