Schmelzing Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Schmelzing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 103 | 1:781,606 | 57,825 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Schmëlzing (1) are calculated separately.
Schmelzing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schmelzing Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schmelzing has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also appear as: Schmëlzing. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schmelzing? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,691,963rd most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Schmelzing are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Schmelzing is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 781,606. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 68 percent reside, Bavaria, where 22 percent reside and Hamburg, where 7 percent reside. Other than Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schmëlzing | 97 | 1 | / |
| Schmelzinge | 95 | 1 | / |
| Schmölzing | 90 | 43 | / |
| Schmalzing | 90 | 36 | / |
| Smeltzing | 84 | 0 | / |
| Smelgin | 71 | 33 | / |
| Schmülgen | 63 | 43 | / |
| Smilgin | 59 | 298 | / |
| Smelsen | 59 | 0 | / |
| Szmilgin | 56 | 4 | / |
| Schmale-Eisenach | 54 | 1 | / |
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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 Schmelzing
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