Schmetter Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schmetter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schmetter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany911:884,67563,174
United States431:8,429,278367,833
France81:8,302,840321,660
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Schmetter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schmetter is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schmetter? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schmetter is the 1,465,390th most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Schmetter live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 884,675. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Other than Germany it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

Schmetter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schmetter surname are 31.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 78.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

Schmetter earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.81% less than the national average, earning $35,466 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
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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 Schmetter
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