Scholander Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Scholander Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scholander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1251:78,7745,875
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Schölander (104) are calculated separately.

Scholander Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scholander is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Schölander. For other potential spellings of Scholander click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scholander? popularity and diffusion

The last name Scholander is the 1,343,156th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. Scholander is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Scholander are found; 77 percent are found in Northern Europe and 76 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Scholander is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 78,774. In Sweden Scholander is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 30 percent are found, Skåne County, where 26 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Sweden this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Scholander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scholander has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 967 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scholander Last Name Statistics demography

Scholander earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.37% more than the national average, earning $60,569 USD per year.

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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 Scholander
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