Schoenfelder Surname

187,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Schoenfelder Surname Definition:

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

Schoenfelder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5541:233,24322,437
Germany3441:234,02725,880
Brazil1231:1,740,44256,713
France1011:657,65184,833
Canada441:837,40065,151
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Austria131:655,03358,041
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
England71:7,959,723202,100
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Schoenfelder 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

Schoenfelder Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schoenfelder is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schoenfelder? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 187,404th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 3,228,864 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Schoenfelder live; 64 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Schoenfelder is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,554 people, or 1 in 233,243. In The United States Schoenfelder is primarily found in: South Dakota, where 19 percent reside, Minnesota, where 11 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States Schoenfelder exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 15 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Schoenfelder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schoenfelder has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schoenfelder last name grew 4,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Schoenfelder Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Schoenfelder are 17.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.09% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Schoenfelder earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12.89% more than the national average, earning $48,711 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.64% more than the national average, earning $50,003 CAD per year.

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