Schmidgen Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schmidgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schmidgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany981:821,48459,964
France91:7,380,302306,885
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Schmidgen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schmidgen is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schmidgen? popularity and diffusion

Schmidgen is the 1,727,723rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Schmidgen are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Schmidgen is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 821,484. In Germany Schmidgen is mostly found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 68 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent reside and Saxony, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Germany it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 8 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Schmidgen
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