Schoenfeld Surname

60,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Schoenfeld Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Schönfeld (beautiful field), the name of more than fifty places in Germany.

Schoenfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,3251:68,0677,920
Germany8251:97,58212,152
Israel8241:10,3851,584
Argentina6641:64,3735,499
Canada2861:128,83113,423
Guatemala891:180,7043,658
Brazil721:2,973,25587,092
Australia471:574,37741,856
Poland441:863,83566,160
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Mexico331:3,761,40025,486
France301:2,214,091176,965
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Austria91:946,15970,786
England91:6,190,895170,599
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Malta11:430,2723,380
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2631:190,94616,781

Schoenfeld Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Schönfeld (beautiful field), the name of more than fifty places in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Schoenfeld Last Name Facts

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

Schoenfeld is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Schoenfeld click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schoenfeld? popularity and diffusion

The surname Schoenfeld is the 60,175th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 870,051 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Schoenfeld live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Schoenfeld is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 5,325 people, or 1 in 68,067. In The United States Schoenfeld is most frequent in: New York, where 17 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 10 percent live and Israel, where 10 percent live.

Schoenfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schoenfeld has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schoenfeld last name grew 2,025 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schoenfeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schoenfeld surname are 39.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.46% being registered with the political party.

The amount Schoenfeld earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 30.23% more than the national average, earning R 309,480 per year; in United States they earn 18.71% more than the national average, earning $51,222 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.8% more than the national average, earning $56,540 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schenfeld951,491/
Schoenfeldt951,195/
Schoenfield95294/
Shoenfeld95159/
Schoennfeld951/
Scoenfeld951/
S'choenfeld951/
Schoenffeldt918/
Schoenfieldt911/
Scheinfeld90358/
Schoenfelt90102/
Schenfield9067/
Schenfeldt9036/
Shoenfield9021/
Schoenfild904/
Schoenfled902/
Schaenfeld902/
Schienfeld902/
Scoenfield901/
Scohenfeld901/
Shcoenfeld901/
Schenfelld901/
Schenffeld901/
Shoenfeldt901/
Schenfeldh900/
Shenfeld89833/
Chenfeld8923/
Schoenfeldová873/
Scheinfeldt8650/
Scheinfield8639/
Schenffeldt8630/
Schienfeldt865/
Schaenfield863/
Scheinfeldp861/
Schoenfildt861/
Schenfieldt860/
Schönfeld8414,338/
Shenfield84450/
Sheinfeld84401/
Shoenfelt84376/
Schenfelt84224/
Sheynfeld84124/
Shenfeldt8447/
Szoenfeld8421/
Schinfeld849/
Schemfeld849/
Cheinfeld846/
Shyonfeld843/
Shienfeld842/
Scehnfeld841/
Schenfled841/
Senfeld8237/
Schenffeldtt825/
Cenfeld823/
Scheinffeldt821/
Schenfeldová821/
Schönfeldt801,851/
Scheinfelt8042/
Sheinfield8026/
Shaenfield8016/
Schainfeld806/
Schemfeldt805/
Shoemfeldt801/
Schenfildt800/
Seinfeld78413/
Szenfeld78379/
Senfelds7860/
Senfield7846/
Shinfeld7834/
Cenfield7810/
Cenfeldt786/
Shynfeld785/
Sienfeld784/
Shenfild783/
Seynfeld782/
Shenfelt781/
Shønfeld781/
Sejnfeld781/
Schenffeldtte781/
Scheinffelt7619/
Schönffeldt764/
Schönfieldt761/
Shinfield74125/
Shainfeld7454/
Szejnfeld7431/
Szeinfeld7431/
Seinfield7419/
Shajnfeld7416/
Sienfield743/
Schönfelt741/
Shoenflet741/
Schemfelt741/
Schönfeldová73102/
Šenfeld71142/
Sönfeld718/
Sinfeld713/
Cinfeld712/
Chenflt710/
Shaunfield70105/
Shainfield706/
Senfeldova703/
Seitenfeld701/
Sinfield673,179/
Sanfield6790/
Zeinfeld6774/
Szemfeld6752/
Szynfeld6747/
Sennfelt6738/
Sainfeld6723/
Synfield6716/
Seinfelt676/
Šenfelds671/
Szenfelt671/
Szenfled671/
Shinfelt670/

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