Schulze Surname

3,510th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159,639 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schulze Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Magistrate, Bailiff, Mayor [Ger. schulze, from Middle High German schultheize (mod. Ger. schultheiss),O.H.Ger. scultheizo ( = Anglo-Saxon scyldhœta]

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Schulze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany137,3541:58633
United States13,3091:27,2343,403
Brazil2,1011:101,8923,841
Australia1,3751:19,6332,727
South Africa7221:75,0389,313
Canada6021:61,2057,174
Switzerland5131:16,0102,622
Netherlands3771:44,7947,616
Argentina3681:116,1519,810
Denmark3241:17,4221,708
Austria3011:28,2904,497
England2511:221,98418,690
Sweden2151:45,7993,590
France2061:322,44048,940
Norway1781:28,8893,982
Chile1701:103,6263,881
Spain1461:320,21918,882
Thailand1391:508,19088,691
New Zealand1081:41,9297,008
Belgium751:153,28921,368
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Poland611:623,09455,804
Hungary591:166,37814,685
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Venezuela421:719,14512,108
United Arab Emirates401:229,05715,464
Philippines391:2,595,852132,893
Uruguay361:95,3279,476
Paraguay311:233,4434,129
Italy291:2,108,85190,314
Czechia271:393,83245,478
Ecuador261:611,76311,738
Mexico231:5,396,79230,197
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Luxembourg221:26,3884,799
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Finland211:261,74820,300
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Ireland161:294,30910,207
China151:91,154,7714,767
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Wales81:386,81619,671
Bolivia81:1,327,0546,143
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Greenland71:8,054710
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Kosovo41:465,46710,032
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England751:325,00521,260
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8321:60,3596,651

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]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) The magistrate or sheriff; a steward or overseer.

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

From Germany. Germ, schulze, a bailiff in a village.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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-173293

A German surname derived from medieval Schultheiß, meaning 'head of a municipality'.

- raychik

Schulze Last Name Facts

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

Schulze is most common in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Schülze, Schulzé or Schulzè. Click here for other possible spellings of Schulze.

How Common Is The Last Name Schulze? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,510th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 45,650 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Schulze live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe. Schulze is also the 1,430,306th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 49 people.

Schulze is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 137,354 people, or 1 in 586. In Germany Schulze is most prevalent in: Brandenburg, where 16 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 14 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent are found. Besides Germany Schulze occurs in 84 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Schulze Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schulze has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schulze last name increased 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 335 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 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 with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.99% registered with the political 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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