Schmitgen Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Schmitgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schmitgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany891:904,55664,175
United States781:4,646,909242,363
France611:1,088,897118,069
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Schmitgen Last Name Facts

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

Schmitgen occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schmitgen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,061,269th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. Schmitgen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Schmitgen reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 39 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 904,556. In Germany Schmitgen is mostly concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 53 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 31 percent reside and Thuringia, where 11 percent reside. Not including Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent reside and France, where 26 percent reside.

Schmitgen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Schmitgen are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered with the party.

Schmitgen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.67% less than the national average, earning $39,841 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 Schmitgen
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