Schowalter Surname

282,448th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Schowalter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schowalter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9311:389,32234,223
Germany3661:219,96024,721
Canada501:736,91258,785
France101:6,642,272293,169
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1031:487,56034,505

Schowalter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schowalter is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schowalter? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schowalter is the 282,448th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,338,861 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Schowalter reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 931 people, or 1 in 389,322. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 16 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Missouri, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 27 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Schowalter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schowalter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schowalter last name rose 904 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schowalter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schowalter surname are 30.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 77.03% registered with the political party.

The amount Schowalter earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.92% more than the national average, earning $47,860 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.67% less than the national average, earning $44,380 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 Schowalter
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