Schmeltzer Surname

313,815th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Schmeltzer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schmeltzer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9551:379,53833,538
Germany1181:682,25052,603
France331:2,012,810168,616
Denmark281:201,59716,538
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
England41:13,929,515290,718
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malta11:430,2723,380
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1171:429,22031,367

Schmeltzer Last Name Facts

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

Schmeltzer occurs most in The United States. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schmeltzer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schmeltzer is the 313,815th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 6,088,175 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Schmeltzer are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 955 people, or 1 in 379,538. In The United States Schmeltzer is primarily found in: Ohio, where 10 percent are found, Illinois, where 8 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States Schmeltzer occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 10 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

Schmeltzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schmeltzer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schmeltzer surname grew 816 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schmeltzer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schmeltzer surname are 0.48999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.74% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Schmeltzer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 295.53% more than the national average, earning R 939,924 per year; in United States they earn 12.01% more than the national average, earning $48,332 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.7% more than the national average, earning $56,986 CAD 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 Schmeltzer
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