Schniebel Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schniebel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schniebel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Schniebel Last Name Facts

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

Schniebel occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schniebel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,555,468th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Schniebel live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,463,736. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 31 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent live and Bavaria, where 16 percent live. Besides Germany it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live.

Schniebel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schniebel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schniebel surname fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Schniebel
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