Schnellen Surname

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

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Schnellen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Schnellen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany921:875,05962,702
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Schnellen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schnellen is found most in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schnellen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,465,390th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Schnellen live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Schnellen is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 875,059. In Germany Schnellen is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent reside. Besides Germany Schnellen occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 26 percent reside and Switzerland, where 5 percent reside.

Schnellen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schnellen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schnellen last name declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Snellen881,452/
Snelleng821/
Chnellin820/
Shnlen800/
Snellin7596/
Scenlen750/
Snelling7111,393/
Soehnlen71368/
Snellink71338/
Snellinc711/
Senlen674/
Sinlen671/
Soehnlien671/
Sneelling670/
Cenlen670/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Schnellen
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