Schmegel Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Schmegel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 356 | 1:601,332 | 22,430 |
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Schmegel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schmegel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schmegel is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schmegel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schmegel is the 723,769th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Schmegel live; 89 percent live in South America and 89 percent live in Luso-South America.
This surname is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 356 people, or 1 in 601,332. In Brazil Schmegel is most numerous in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 83 percent reside, Paraná, where 13 percent reside and Santa Catarina, where 1 percent reside. Besides Brazil this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Schmegel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Schmegel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schmegel surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Schmegel
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