Schrter Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schrter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schrter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1261:638,93250,304
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Schrter Last Name Facts

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

Schrter occurs most in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schrter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,478,479th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Schrter live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 638,932. In Germany Schrter is most frequent in: Berlin, where 44 percent are found, Thuringia, where 13 percent are found and Hamburg, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 3 percent are found and Denmark, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schrøter9333/
Schrőter9314/
Chrter922/
Schrte922/
Shrter922/
Schrødter8810/
Schrőtter888/
Crter8311/
Schrőterová785/
Shrtre771/
Shrtey771/
Shrtee771/
Schrőtterová746/
Crte7395/
Schrrty710/
Shrta672/
Shrti672/
Chrti671/
Ssrte671/
Srtjr671/

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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 Schrter
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