Schonat Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Schonat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Schonat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schonat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schonat occurs most in Germany. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Schonat? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schonat is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Schonat reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 16,101,092. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 80 percent are found and Hesse, where 20 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent are found.
Schonat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schonat has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schonat last name declined 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Schonat
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