Schrecke Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schrecke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schrecke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1151:700,04753,529
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Schrecke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schrecke is found most frequently in Germany. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schrecke? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,465,390th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. Schrecke occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Schrecke are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 700,047. In Germany Schrecke is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 38 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live and Brandenburg, where 10 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Schrecke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schrecke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schrecke surname increased 264 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schrecke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schrecke surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

Schrecke earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.03% more than the national average, earning $54,381 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
  • 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 Schrecke
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