Schomburg Surname

112,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schomburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schomburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,7281:29,5113,883
United States1,2611:287,43826,710
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Denmark261:217,10417,438
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
France81:8,302,840321,660
England81:6,964,757184,742
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

The alternate forms: Schömburg (166) are calculated separately.

Schomburg Last Name Facts

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

Schomburg occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Schömburg. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schomburg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 112,412th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,767,964 people. Schomburg occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Schomburg are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 2,728 people, or 1 in 29,511. In Germany Schomburg is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 33 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent are found and Bremen, where 7 percent are found. Beside Germany Schomburg is found in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Schomburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schomburg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schomburg surname expanded 2,866 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schomburg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schomburg surname are 23.1% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.87% registered with the party.

The amount Schomburg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 232.31% more than the national average, earning R 789,696 per year; in United States they earn 2.19% more than the national average, earning $44,093 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.58% less than the national average, earning $45,918 CAD 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Schomburg
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