Schur Surname
Approximately 6,441 people bear this surname
Schur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,652 | 1:30,357 | 3,997 |
| United States | 1,650 | 1:219,672 | 21,333 |
| Russia | 640 | 1:225,192 | 24,309 |
| Belarus | 438 | 1:21,692 | 3,650 |
| Canada | 346 | 1:106,490 | 11,455 |
| Kazakhstan | 124 | 1:142,601 | 14,481 |
| France | 90 | 1:738,030 | 91,686 |
| Transnistria | 58 | 1:8,184 | 1,600 |
| Austria | 58 | 1:146,818 | 19,663 |
| Denmark | 51 | 1:110,681 | 10,317 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 1:127,102 | 11,684 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Israel | 24 | 1:356,568 | 29,419 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 17 | 1:351,333 | 29,728 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 144 | 1:348,741 | 26,729 |
The alternate forms: Schür (512) are calculated separately.
Schur Demographics
Average Schur Salary in
United States
$48,012 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Schur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schur Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schur (Russian: Щур) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms: Schür. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schur? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 76,136th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,131,431 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Schur are found; 44 percent are found in Western Europe and 43 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 2,652 people, or 1 in 30,357. In Germany Schur is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 28 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live and Bavaria, where 11 percent live. Barring Germany this last name is found in 43 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent live and Russia, where 10 percent live.
Schur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Schur has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schur surname expanded 1,146 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Schur Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Orthodox (95%) in Belarus, Orthodox (60%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (43%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Schur surname are 5.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.38% being registered with the political party.
The amount Schur earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 39.4% more than the national average, earning R 331,272 per year; in United States they earn 11.27% more than the national average, earning $48,012 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.2% more than the national average, earning $50,778 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Schur Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Schur in the Russian language | ||
| Щур | sur | - |
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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
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- 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 Schur
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