Schonefeld Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Schonefeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schonefeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1711:2,119,643134,411
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Guam11:160,1214,893
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Schönefeld (743) are calculated separately.

Schonefeld Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schonefeld is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant: Schönefeld. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schonefeld? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 948,111th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Schonefeld reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 62 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 2,119,643. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 57 percent are found, New York, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.

Schonefeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schonefeld last name are 41.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95% registered to vote for the party.

Schonefeld earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.47% more than the national average, earning $44,216 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 Schonefeld
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