Schlichting Surname

40,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,915 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schlichting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schlichting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,6641:10,5041,320
United States2,6731:135,60014,204
Brazil1,6781:127,5774,853
Canada1881:195,98719,219
Denmark1601:35,2793,662
Paraguay991:73,0981,875
France781:851,573100,617
Switzerland571:144,08613,875
Poland541:703,86659,770
Austria531:160,66921,171
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Australia301:899,85754,700
Norway271:190,45522,163
Sweden261:378,72126,697
England181:3,095,448105,421
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2161:232,49419,571

Schlichting Last Name Facts

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

Schlichting is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Schlichting.

How Common Is The Last Name Schlichting? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 40,561st most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 564,270 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Schlichting reside; 61 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 7,664 people, or 1 in 10,504. In Germany Schlichting is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 20 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 18 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live. Barring Germany this last name is found in 33 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Brazil, where 13 percent live.

Schlichting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schlichting has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schlichting surname increased 1,238 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Schlichting Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schlichting surname are 15.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.68% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Schlichting earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.21% more than the national average, earning 353,712 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 7.29% less than the national average, earning R 220,308 per year; in United States they earn 8.85% more than the national average, earning $46,968 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.79% less than the national average, earning $47,798 CAD per year.

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Schlichting Reference & Research

Schlicht DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Schlicht FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Schlichting
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