Schoenwolff Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schoenwolff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schoenwolff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
United States81:45,307,367917,113

Schoenwolff Last Name Facts

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

Schoenwolff has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schoenwolff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Schoenwolff live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,833,593. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 38 percent live and Bavaria, where 10 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live.

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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 Schoenwolff
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