Schultz Surname
Approximately 228,397 people bear this surname
Schultz Surname Definition:
(Ger.) Magistrate, Bailiff, Mayor [Ger. schulze, from Middle High German schultheize (mod. Ger. schultheiss),O.H.Ger. scultheizo ( = Anglo-Saxon scyldhœta]
Read More About This SurnameSchultz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 139,831 | 1:2,592 | 262 |
| Germany | 38,961 | 1:2,066 | 176 |
| Brazil | 10,499 | 1:20,390 | 974 |
| Australia | 9,044 | 1:2,985 | 410 |
| Canada | 8,647 | 1:4,261 | 575 |
| South Africa | 4,761 | 1:11,379 | 1,423 |
| Denmark | 4,051 | 1:1,393 | 85 |
| France | 2,852 | 1:23,290 | 2,718 |
| Sweden | 1,358 | 1:7,251 | 669 |
| England | 787 | 1:70,798 | 8,124 |
| Netherlands | 698 | 1:24,194 | 3,929 |
| Argentina | 592 | 1:72,202 | 6,142 |
| Israel | 549 | 1:15,588 | 2,333 |
| Norway | 510 | 1:10,083 | 1,112 |
| Mexico | 501 | 1:247,757 | 6,112 |
| New Zealand | 469 | 1:9,655 | 1,687 |
| Hungary | 458 | 1:21,433 | 2,403 |
| Austria | 284 | 1:29,984 | 4,831 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Guyana | 250 | 1:3,049 | 562 |
| Chile | 249 | 1:70,749 | 2,907 |
| Poland | 243 | 1:156,415 | 22,125 |
| Thailand | 225 | 1:313,948 | 54,096 |
| Switzerland | 190 | 1:43,226 | 5,995 |
| Slovakia | 182 | 1:29,321 | 5,087 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Finland | 130 | 1:42,282 | 5,288 |
| Estonia | 111 | 1:11,908 | 1,764 |
| Spain | 105 | 1:445,257 | 23,393 |
| Zimbabwe | 90 | 1:171,536 | 20,949 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Peru | 62 | 1:512,647 | 14,327 |
| Honduras | 59 | 1:149,431 | 1,974 |
| Paraguay | 58 | 1:124,771 | 2,739 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Philippines | 56 | 1:1,807,825 | 113,961 |
| Russia | 49 | 1:2,941,287 | 160,625 |
| Belgium | 47 | 1:244,609 | 30,321 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43 | 1:213,076 | 14,246 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Suriname | 38 | 1:14,543 | 3,502 |
| Zambia | 38 | 1:417,103 | 20,300 |
| Scotland | 37 | 1:144,698 | 8,671 |
| Romania | 34 | 1:590,526 | 42,844 |
| Greenland | 28 | 1:2,014 | 243 |
| Italy | 26 | 1:2,352,180 | 93,058 |
| Venezuela | 26 | 1:1,161,695 | 16,759 |
| Czechia | 25 | 1:425,339 | 47,625 |
| Luxembourg | 23 | 1:25,241 | 4,722 |
| Panama | 22 | 1:177,830 | 5,396 |
| Costa Rica | 21 | 1:227,622 | 2,745 |
| Nicaragua | 19 | 1:316,899 | 3,057 |
| Puerto Rico | 19 | 1:186,849 | 2,129 |
| Ecuador | 17 | 1:935,638 | 14,108 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Uruguay | 12 | 1:285,980 | 20,148 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Bolivia | 10 | 1:1,061,643 | 4,908 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:11,038 | 1,555 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Marshall Islands | 6 | 1:8,637 | 1,214 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 241 | 1:101,143 | 10,189 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:287,940 | 9,345 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,441 | 1:3,736 | 452 |
The alternate forms: Schültz (34) are calculated separately.
Schultz (101) may also be a first name.
Schultz Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) Magistrate, Bailiff, Mayor [Ger. schulze, from Middle High German schultheize (mod. Ger. schultheiss),O.H.Ger. scultheizo ( = Anglo-Saxon scyldhœta]
(German) The magistrate or sheriff; a steward or overseer.
(from a personal characteristic) From the German Schultheiss, “village magistrate,” “overseer,” the name taken by a synagogue official in a community.
User-submitted Reference
This is a German surname, denoting the head of a municipality. It is derived from the German word Schultheiß, meaning 'mayor'.
- deleted-173293A German surname derived from medieval Schultheiß, meaning 'head of a municipality'.
- raychikSchultz Demographics
Schultz Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Schultz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schultz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schultz is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Schültz. Click here for other possible spellings of Schultz.
How Common Is The Last Name Schultz? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schultz is the 2,408th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 31,907 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Schultz are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 940,641st most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 101 people.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 139,831 people, or 1 in 2,592. In The United States it is most common in: Wisconsin, where 10 percent reside, Illinois, where 8 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in 126 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.
Schultz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schultz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schultz last name expanded 1,040 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 327 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 285 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 163 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Schultz Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Schultz last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Schultz last name are 14.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.58% being registered with the political party.
The amount Schultz earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.37% more than the national average, earning 433,874 kr per year; in Peru they earn 137.28% more than the national average, earning S/. 45,997 per year; in South Africa they earn 68.88% more than the national average, earning R 401,328 per year; in United States they earn 5.38% more than the national average, earning $45,469 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.63% more than the national average, earning $49,995 CAD per year.
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Schultz Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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