Schonwalter Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Schonwalter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schonwalter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

The alternate forms: Schönwalter (18) are calculated separately.

Schonwalter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schonwalter occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Schönwalter. For other potential spellings of Schonwalter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schonwalter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Schonwalter reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 67 percent are found and Hawaii, where 33 percent are found.

Schonwalter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schonwalter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schonwalter last name contracted 89 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 Schonwalter
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