Schlesinger Surname
Approximately 14,591 people bear this surname
Schlesinger Surname Definition:
(Ger.) belonging to Schleus- ingen (Thuringia) [-ingen, dat. pl. of the 'son’ suff. -ing]
Schlesinger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,015 | 1:60,259 | 7,090 |
| Germany | 4,006 | 1:20,096 | 2,660 |
| Israel | 2,321 | 1:3,687 | 508 |
| Austria | 497 | 1:17,134 | 2,589 |
| France | 182 | 1:364,960 | 54,499 |
| England | 170 | 1:327,753 | 24,219 |
| Australia | 155 | 1:174,166 | 17,758 |
| Czechia | 152 | 1:69,957 | 11,748 |
| Guatemala | 145 | 1:110,915 | 3,054 |
| South Africa | 133 | 1:407,351 | 35,714 |
| Canada | 132 | 1:279,133 | 26,131 |
| Brazil | 107 | 1:2,000,695 | 63,541 |
| Argentina | 86 | 1:497,016 | 36,727 |
| Poland | 77 | 1:493,620 | 48,553 |
| Slovakia | 54 | 1:98,823 | 18,879 |
| Chile | 50 | 1:352,329 | 9,825 |
| Switzerland | 41 | 1:200,315 | 17,548 |
| Denmark | 40 | 1:141,118 | 12,512 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 64 | 1:380,865 | 23,394 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 413 | 1:121,595 | 11,832 |
Schlesinger (15) may also be a first name.
Schlesinger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) belonging to Schleus- ingen (Thuringia) [-ingen, dat. pl. of the 'son’ suff. -ing]
From place name in Saxony (Schleusingen). Also a person from Silesia (Schlesien).
(German) One who came from Schleusingen, in Thuringia.
Schlesinger Demographics
Average Male Schlesinger Height
177.04 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Schlesinger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schlesinger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schlesinger is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schlesinger? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schlesinger is the 36,163rd most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 499,455 people. The surname Schlesinger occurs mostly in Europe, where 37 percent of Schlesinger reside; 33 percent reside in Western Europe and 31 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent given name globally It is held by 15 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 6,015 people, or 1 in 60,259. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 14 percent are found, New Jersey, where 7 percent are found and Illinois, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 52 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 27 percent are found and Israel, where 16 percent are found.
Schlesinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Schlesinger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schlesinger last name increased 1,456 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 266 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Schlesinger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Schlesinger surname are 2.79% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.02% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Schlesinger earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 0.69% less than the national average, earning R 236,004 per year; in United States they earn 23.25% more than the national average, earning $53,182 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41% more than the national average, earning $70,051 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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