Schöb Surname
Approximately 847 people bear this surname
Schöb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 667 | 1:12,313 | 2,035 |
| Germany | 173 | 1:465,349 | 40,819 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
The alternate forms: Schob (894) are calculated separately.
Schöb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schöb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schöb is found in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Schob. For other potential spellings of Schöb click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schöb? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 411,827th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,603,950 people. The last name Schöb occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Schöb reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 667 people, or 1 in 12,313. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of St Gallen, where 49 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 23 percent live and Canton of Thurgau, where 8 percent live. Other than Switzerland this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 20 percent live and Panama, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schob | 93 | 894 | / |
| Schöbs | 91 | 8 | / |
| Schab | 80 | 4,034 | / |
| Scheb | 80 | 242 | / |
| Schöw | 80 | 36 | / |
| Schäb | 80 | 15 | / |
| Schöf | 80 | 12 | / |
| Schöpf | 73 | 5,931 | / |
| Schaab | 73 | 5,150 | / |
| Schöps | 73 | 2,529 | / |
| Schöpe | 73 | 1,390 | / |
| Schöpp | 73 | 1,139 | / |
| Schoeb | 73 | 514 | / |
| Scheub | 73 | 138 | / |
| Schaeb | 73 | 17 | / |
| Schöff | 73 | 10 | / |
| Scheeb | 73 | 5 | / |
| Schäbs | 73 | 4 | / |
| Schabp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schöft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schöpß | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shab | 67 | 7,021 | / |
| Schöppe | 67 | 1,004 | / |
| Sheb | 67 | 437 | / |
| Sehb | 67 | 425 | / |
| Shob | 67 | 76 | / |
| Schöpfe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Schöpff | 67 | 21 | / |
| Schöppf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Schöphs | 67 | 2 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Schöb
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