Schulze Surname
Approximately 159,639 people bear this surname
Schulze 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 SurnameSchulze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 137,354 | 1:586 | 33 |
| United States | 13,309 | 1:27,234 | 3,403 |
| Brazil | 2,101 | 1:101,892 | 3,841 |
| Australia | 1,375 | 1:19,633 | 2,727 |
| South Africa | 722 | 1:75,038 | 9,313 |
| Canada | 602 | 1:61,205 | 7,174 |
| Switzerland | 513 | 1:16,010 | 2,622 |
| Netherlands | 377 | 1:44,794 | 7,616 |
| Argentina | 368 | 1:116,151 | 9,810 |
| Denmark | 324 | 1:17,422 | 1,708 |
| Austria | 301 | 1:28,290 | 4,497 |
| England | 251 | 1:221,984 | 18,690 |
| Sweden | 215 | 1:45,799 | 3,590 |
| France | 206 | 1:322,440 | 48,940 |
| Norway | 178 | 1:28,889 | 3,982 |
| Chile | 170 | 1:103,626 | 3,881 |
| Spain | 146 | 1:320,219 | 18,882 |
| Thailand | 139 | 1:508,190 | 88,691 |
| New Zealand | 108 | 1:41,929 | 7,008 |
| Belgium | 75 | 1:153,289 | 21,368 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Poland | 61 | 1:623,094 | 55,804 |
| Hungary | 59 | 1:166,378 | 14,685 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Venezuela | 42 | 1:719,145 | 12,108 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| Philippines | 39 | 1:2,595,852 | 132,893 |
| Uruguay | 36 | 1:95,327 | 9,476 |
| Paraguay | 31 | 1:233,443 | 4,129 |
| Italy | 29 | 1:2,108,851 | 90,314 |
| Czechia | 27 | 1:393,832 | 45,478 |
| Ecuador | 26 | 1:611,763 | 11,738 |
| Mexico | 23 | 1:5,396,792 | 30,197 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Luxembourg | 22 | 1:26,388 | 4,799 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Bolivia | 8 | 1:1,327,054 | 6,143 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Greenland | 7 | 1:8,054 | 710 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Kosovo | 4 | 1:465,467 | 10,032 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 75 | 1:325,005 | 21,260 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 832 | 1:60,359 | 6,651 |
The alternate forms: Schülze (2), Schulzé (1) & Schulzè (1) are calculated separately.
Schulze (49) may also be a first name.
Schulze 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 Germany. Germ, schulze, a bailiff in a village.
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'.
- raychikSchulze Demographics
Average Schulze Salary in
United States
$48,111 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Schulze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schulze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schulze occurs most in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms: Schülze, Schulzé or Schulzè. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Schulze? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schulze is the 3,510th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 45,650 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Schulze live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,430,306th most widespread given name internationally It is held by 49 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 137,354 people, or 1 in 586. In Germany Schulze is most frequent in: Brandenburg, where 16 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 14 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 84 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Schulze Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schulze has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 335 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 144 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Schulze Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Schulze surname are 16.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.99% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Schulze earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.99% less than the national average, earning 283,812 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 54.03% more than the national average, earning R 366,024 per year; in United States they earn 11.5% more than the national average, earning $48,111 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.5% more than the national average, earning $51,424 CAD per year.
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Schulze Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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