Schotzer Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Schotzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Schötzer (21) are calculated separately.
Schotzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schotzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schotzer is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Schötzer. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schotzer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schotzer is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Schotzer are found; 57 percent are found in Western Europe and 57 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany it is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 25 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 25 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
Schotzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Schotzer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schotzer last name decreased 50 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 Schotzer
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