Scholtz Surname
Approximately 25,091 people bear this surname
Scholtz Surname Definition:
Headman of a Village in German. (Dorfschultze). Shortened version of Schultheiss, a counsellor or local judge. Latinised version Pretorius. See also Patel.
Read More About This SurnameScholtz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 19,066 | 1:2,842 | 367 |
| United States | 1,837 | 1:197,310 | 19,443 |
| Germany | 1,522 | 1:52,895 | 6,874 |
| Namibia | 517 | 1:4,660 | 864 |
| Netherlands | 415 | 1:40,692 | 6,916 |
| England | 243 | 1:229,292 | 19,121 |
| Brazil | 210 | 1:1,019,402 | 35,992 |
| Australia | 201 | 1:134,307 | 14,542 |
| Slovakia | 180 | 1:29,647 | 5,164 |
| Hungary | 166 | 1:59,134 | 6,173 |
| Canada | 133 | 1:277,035 | 25,971 |
| Poland | 93 | 1:408,696 | 43,526 |
| Venezuela | 86 | 1:351,210 | 7,613 |
| New Zealand | 66 | 1:68,611 | 10,369 |
| Zimbabwe | 51 | 1:302,711 | 30,394 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Czechia | 29 | 1:366,671 | 43,532 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Chile | 13 | 1:1,355,113 | 23,887 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 426 | 1:117,884 | 11,557 |
Scholtz (79) may also be a first name.
Scholtz Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Headman of a Village in German. (Dorfschultze). Shortened version of Schultheiss, a counsellor or local judge. Latinised version Pretorius. See also Patel.
(German) Variants of Schultz, q.v.
User-submitted Reference
This is a German surname, denoting the head of a municipality. It is derived from the German word Schultheiß, meaning 'mayor'.
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Scholtz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scholtz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Scholtz is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scholtz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 21,696th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 290,445 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Scholtz live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 79 people.
The last name Scholtz is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 19,066 people, or 1 in 2,842. In South Africa Scholtz is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 30 percent reside, Gauteng, where 25 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 60 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Germany, where 6 percent reside.
Scholtz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Scholtz has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 431 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,209 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Scholtz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Scholtz last name are 13.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.44% being registered with the party.
The amount Scholtz earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.81% less than the national average, earning 301,757 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.94% more than the national average, earning R 358,680 per year; in United States they earn 6.42% more than the national average, earning $45,921 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.39% more than the national average, earning $54,844 CAD per year.
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Scholtz Reference & Research
Schultz-Scholz FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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