Schoenfeldt Surname

314,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Schoenfeldt Surname Definition:

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

Schoenfeldt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7011:517,06043,253
Germany2421:332,66732,901
Brazil811:2,642,89379,412
South Africa591:918,26658,838
Canada551:669,92054,285
Chile281:629,16015,000
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Schoenfeldt 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

Schoenfeldt Last Name Facts

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

Schoenfeldt occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schoenfeldt? popularity and diffusion

Schoenfeldt is the 314,252nd most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,098,365 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Schoenfeldt reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 701 people, or 1 in 517,060. In The United States Schoenfeldt is most frequent in: Wisconsin, where 13 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Michigan, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 20 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.

Schoenfeldt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schoenfeldt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schoenfeldt last name grew 1,669 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schoenfeldt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schoenfeldt last name are 8.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.29% registered with the political party.

The amount Schoenfeldt earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.72% less than the national average, earning R 159,876 per year; in United States they earn 10.23% more than the national average, earning $47,561 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.2% less than the national average, earning $43,622 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schoenffeldt968/
Schoenfieldt961/
Schoenfeld958,376/
Schoenfelt95102/
Schenfeldt9536/
Shoenfeldt951/
Schoenfield91294/
Scheinfeldt9150/
Schenffeldt9130/
Schienfeldt915/
Schoenfildt911/
Schoennfeld911/
S'choenfeld911/
Schenfieldt910/
Schenfeld901,491/
Shoenfelt90376/
Schenfelt90224/
Shoenfeld90159/
Shenfeldt9047/
Scoenfeld901/
Schenffeldtt875/
Scheinffeldt871/
Schönfeldt861,851/
Scheinfeld86358/
Schenfield8667/
Scheinfelt8642/
Shoenfield8621/
Schemfeldt865/
Schoenfild864/
Schoenfled862/
Schaenfeld862/
Schienfeld862/
Scoenfield861/
Scohenfeld861/
Shoemfeldt861/
Shcoenfeld861/
Schenfelld861/
Schenffeld861/
Schenfildt860/
Schenfeldh860/
Shenfeld84833/
Chenfeld8423/
Cenfeldt846/
Shenfelt841/
Schoenfeldová833/
Schenffeldtte831/
Scheinfield8239/
Scheinffelt8219/
Schönffeldt824/
Schaenfield823/
Scheinfeldp821/
Schönfieldt821/
Schönfeld8014,338/
Shenfield80450/
Sheinfeld80401/
Sheynfeld80124/
Szoenfeld8021/
Schinfeld809/
Schemfeld809/
Cheinfeld806/
Shyonfeld803/
Shienfeld802/
Schönfelt801/
Shoenflet801/
Scehnfeld801/
Schemfelt801/
Schenfled801/
Senfeld7837/
Cenfeld783/
Schenfeldová781/
Chenflt780/
Sheinfield7626/
Shaenfield7616/
Schainfeld766/
Seinfeld74413/
Szenfeld74379/
Senfelds7460/
Senfield7446/
Sennfelt7438/
Shinfeld7434/
Cenfield7410/
Seinfelt746/
Shynfeld745/
Sienfeld744/
Shenfild743/
Seynfeld742/
Shønfeld741/
Sejnfeld741/
Szenfelt741/
Shinfelt740/
Senflt713/
Shinfield70125/
Schönfeldová70102/
Shainfeld7054/
Szejnfeld7031/
Szeinfeld7031/
Seinfield7019/
Shajnfeld7016/
Sienfield703/
Šenfeld67142/
Shaunfield67105/
Sinfelt6751/
Synfelt6714/
Semfelt6710/
Sönfeld678/
Shainfield676/
Senfeldova673/
Sinfeld673/
Cinfeld672/
Seitenfeld671/

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