Schmalen Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Schmalen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schmalen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3491:230,67525,635
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Luxembourg61:96,7576,198
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Schmalen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schmalen is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schmalen? popularity and diffusion

Schmalen is the 707,442nd most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. The surname Schmalen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Schmalen live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 349 people, or 1 in 230,675. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 38 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent are found. Besides Germany Schmalen occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 1 percent are found.

Schmalen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schmalen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schmalen surname rose 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schmalen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schmalen last name are 26.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.33% registered with the political party.

Schmalen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.57% less than the national average, earning $37,727 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
  • 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 Schmalen
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