Schreiner Surname

14,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Schreiner Surname Definition:

“Cabinet Maker” in German. Compare “Shrine” in English.

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Schreiner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany14,1591:5,686685
United States11,8391:30,6163,810
Austria3,9271:2,168178
Brazil2,7561:77,6762,907
France1,4371:46,2235,933
Argentina7431:57,5284,876
Canada6451:57,1256,749
Luxembourg5891:98690
Hungary5231:18,7692,126
Netherlands2981:56,6689,739
Switzerland2321:35,4005,153
South Africa1901:285,14627,904
Australia1381:195,62119,280
Norway1331:38,6645,495
Denmark1331:42,4414,423
Thailand1251:565,10796,458
Romania741:271,32325,089
England691:807,50843,459
Czechia591:180,22826,726
Slovakia341:156,95427,796
Paraguay331:219,2953,965
Croatia291:145,81420,021
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Israel221:388,98331,283
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Poland191:2,000,46098,816
Uruguay191:180,61914,948
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
India51:153,413,076951,030
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
China41:341,830,39216,990
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guam11:160,1214,893
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malta11:430,2723,380
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8711:57,6566,408

Schreiner (25) may also be a first name.

Schreiner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Cabinet Maker” in German. Compare “Shrine” in English.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One who work with wood, a cabinetmaker.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

"Schreiner" is German and can be translated as "carpenter" in English.

- cbarz

Schreier is German for 'screamer'.

- lukassns

Schreiner Last Name Facts

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

Schreiner is most common in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schreiner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 14,504th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 189,503 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Schreiner reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Schreiner is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 25 people.

The surname Schreiner is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 14,159 people, or 1 in 5,686. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 31 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent live. Aside from Germany Schreiner occurs in 69 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent live and Austria, where 10 percent live.

Schreiner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schreiner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schreiner last name expanded 1,359 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 493 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Schreiner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schreiner surname are 15.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.24% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Schreiner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 33.56% more than the national average, earning 462,228 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 190.56% more than the national average, earning R 690,480 per year; in United States they earn 9.5% more than the national average, earning $47,249 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.88% more than the national average, earning $50,120 CAD per year.

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Schreiner Reference & Research

Schreiner FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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