Schmidke Surname

454,874th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Schmidke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schmidke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4531:177,71620,837
United States881:4,118,852221,730
Paraguay761:95,2202,267
Brazil541:3,964,339108,357
Poland291:1,310,64781,985
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Schmidke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schmidke is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schmidke? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 454,874th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 9,781,941 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Schmidke live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 453 people, or 1 in 177,716. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 23 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent live and Paraguay, where 10 percent live.

Schmidke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schmidke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schmidke last name increased 1,257 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schmidke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schmidke last name are 35.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 82.35% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Schmidke earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.28% more than the national average, earning $47,153 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.06% more than the national average, earning $54,183 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Schmidke
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