Schroter Surname
Approximately 1,239 people bear this surname
Schroter Surname Definition:
(Ger.) Cutter [from Ger. schroten, Middle High German schrôten, O.H.Ger. scrôtan, to cut]
Schroter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| United States | 242 | 1:1,497,764 | 102,032 |
| Canada | 170 | 1:216,739 | 20,919 |
| Brazil | 120 | 1:1,783,953 | 57,833 |
| Argentina | 101 | 1:423,202 | 32,207 |
| Australia | 78 | 1:346,099 | 29,260 |
| Germany | 70 | 1:1,150,078 | 75,714 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Paraguay | 15 | 1:482,450 | 6,463 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
The alternate forms: Schröter (35,139) & Schróter (2) are calculated separately.
Schroter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) Cutter [from Ger. schroten, Middle High German schrôten, O.H.Ger. scrôtan, to cut]
(German) One who made garments, a tailor; one who drove a dray, a drayman.
Schroter Demographics
Schroter Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Schroter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schroter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schroter is most common in Sri Lanka. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Schröter or Schróter. Click here for further potential spellings of Schroter.
How Common Is The Last Name Schroter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schroter is the 305,423rd most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,881,797 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Schroter reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 32 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Beside Sri Lanka it is found in 29 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.
Schroter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schroter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schroter surname expanded 733 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Schroter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Lutheran (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Schroter surname are 11.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58% being registered with the party.
The amount Schroter earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 12.43% less than the national average, earning R 208,092 per year; in United States they earn 10.68% more than the national average, earning $47,758 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.37% more than the national average, earning $56,824 CAD per year.
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