Schönen Surname
Approximately 677 people bear this surname
Schönen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 655 | 1:122,909 | 15,021 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Schonen (25) are calculated separately.
Schönen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schönen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schönen is found most in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms: Schonen. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schönen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schönen is the 489,550th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,764,470 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schönen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 655 people, or 1 in 122,909. In Germany Schönen is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 89 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 6 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schonen | 95 | 25 | / |
| Schanen | 86 | 816 | / |
| Schenen | 86 | 7 | / |
| Schoenen | 80 | 1,489 | / |
| Schannen | 80 | 186 | / |
| Scheenen | 80 | 148 | / |
| Schaenen | 80 | 38 | / |
| Schaneen | 80 | 27 | / |
| Scheneen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sehnen | 77 | 174 | / |
| Sohnen | 77 | 114 | / |
| Shanen | 77 | 62 | / |
| Sahnen | 77 | 45 | / |
| Shenen | 77 | 43 | / |
| Söhnen | 77 | 42 | / |
| Shonen | 77 | 6 | / |
| Schöningh | 75 | 101 | / |
| Schöninck | 75 | 12 | / |
| Schanehen | 75 | 0 | / |
| Sahanen | 71 | 172 | / |
| Shannen | 71 | 107 | / |
| Schenin | 71 | 71 | / |
| Shaneen | 71 | 65 | / |
| Shennen | 71 | 32 | / |
| Sheneen | 71 | 24 | / |
| Schanin | 71 | 21 | / |
| Soehnen | 71 | 10 | / |
| Sheenen | 71 | 8 | / |
| Schonin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sehnenn | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shoenen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Senen | 67 | 7,058 | / |
| Sanen | 67 | 1,870 | / |
| Shaaneen | 67 | 734 | / |
| Sonen | 67 | 275 | / |
| Schäning | 67 | 201 | / |
| Shahanen | 67 | 19 | / |
| Sahanaen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schannin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shenehen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Schönen
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