Schutte Surname
Approximately 26,041 people bear this surname
Schutte Surname Definition:
(1) “Marksman” in Old German. (Compare “Skutter” in Afrikaans.) (2) “Dam” or “Weir”, also Sandbank in Old German (Schütten - to pour).
Schutte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11,225 | 1:4,827 | 616 |
| United States | 7,513 | 1:48,244 | 5,847 |
| Netherlands | 5,245 | 1:3,220 | 272 |
| Australia | 485 | 1:55,661 | 6,818 |
| Canada | 329 | 1:111,993 | 11,960 |
| Germany | 293 | 1:274,763 | 29,003 |
| England | 163 | 1:341,829 | 24,929 |
| New Zealand | 125 | 1:36,227 | 6,204 |
| Brazil | 108 | 1:1,982,170 | 63,074 |
| France | 91 | 1:729,920 | 91,032 |
| Venezuela | 67 | 1:450,807 | 8,956 |
| Belgium | 51 | 1:225,424 | 28,627 |
| Ireland | 42 | 1:112,118 | 5,755 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Suriname | 32 | 1:17,269 | 4,028 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Spain | 26 | 1:1,798,155 | 50,469 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 864 | 1:58,123 | 6,454 |
The alternate forms: Schütte (22,472) & Schutté (3) are calculated separately.
Schutte (25) may also be a first name.
Schutte Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(1) “Marksman” in Old German. (Compare “Skutter” in Afrikaans.) (2) “Dam” or “Weir”, also Sandbank in Old German (Schütten - to pour).
Schutte Demographics
Average Male Schutte Height
178.01 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Schutte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schutte Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schutte occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Schütte or Schutté. Click here to see other potential spellings of Schutte.
How Common Is The Last Name Schutte? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 20,955th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 279,849 people. The surname Schutte is mostly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Schutte live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used given name at a global level It is held by 25 people.
This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 11,225 people, or 1 in 4,827. In South Africa Schutte is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 39 percent are found, North West, where 12 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent are found. Beside South Africa Schutte is found in 58 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found.
Schutte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Schutte has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schutte surname increased 870 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 652 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Schutte Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Schutte are 24.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.95% registered with the political party.
The amount Schutte earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 251.72% more than the national average, earning S/. 68,180 per year; in South Africa they earn 101.97% more than the national average, earning R 479,964 per year; in United States they earn 5.96% more than the national average, earning $45,719 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.7% more than the national average, earning $50,528 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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