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

Schrecke is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schrecke? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,465,390th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name is primarily found 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 numerous in Germany, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 700,047. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 38 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live and Brandenburg, where 10 percent live. Not including Germany this last name exists 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 prevalency of Schrecke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schrecke last name 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 Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the 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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