Schonert Surname

350,215th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,042 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schonert Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schonert Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5021:160,36919,068
United States4601:787,95460,928
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Wales61:515,75523,171
England21:27,859,030389,889
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

The alternate forms: Schönert (625) are calculated separately.

Schonert Last Name Facts

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

Schonert has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms: Schönert. Click here to see other potential spellings of Schonert.

How Common Is The Last Name Schonert? popularity and diffusion

It is the 350,215th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,993,806 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Schonert are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 49 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 502 people, or 1 in 160,369. In Germany Schonert is mostly found in: Brandenburg, where 30 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live and Hesse, where 9 percent live. Not including Germany this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 44 percent live and Poland, where 1 percent live.

Schonert Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schonert has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,484 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schonert Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schonert surname are 21.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.38% registered with the political party.

The amount Schonert earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 494.63% more than the national average, earning R 1,413,070 per year; in United States they earn 12.62% more than the national average, earning $48,594 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.36% more than the national average, earning $56,320 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
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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 Schonert
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