Schmitte Surname

403,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schmitte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schmitte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6621:121,60914,876
France1311:507,04470,604
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Schmitte Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schmitte has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schmitte? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 403,615th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,386,129 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Schmitte are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Schmitte is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 662 people, or 1 in 121,609. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent are found, Hesse, where 6 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in France, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Schmitte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schmitte has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schmitte last name rose 131 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schmitte Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schmitte last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Schmitte earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 22.32% more than the national average, earning $52,779 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.43% more than the national average, earning $54,864 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
  • 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 Schmitte
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