Schönewald Surname
Approximately 805 people bear this surname
Schönewald Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 794 | 1:101,392 | 12,569 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
The alternate forms: Schonewald (198) are calculated separately.
Schönewald Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schönewald Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schönewald has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be found as a variant: Schonewald. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schönewald? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schönewald is the 428,665th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,052,852 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schönewald are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Schönewald is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 794 people, or 1 in 101,392. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent live, Hesse, where 29 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schonewald | 97 | 198 | / |
| Schanewald | 90 | 7 | / |
| Schenewald | 90 | 2 | / |
| Schoenewald | 86 | 219 | / |
| Schonewal | 84 | 1 | / |
| Shonewald | 84 | 1 | / |
| Scenewald | 84 | 0 | / |
| Schoenewaldt | 82 | 14 | / |
| Schonevald | 80 | 16 | / |
| Schenevald | 80 | 8 | / |
| Schenowald | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schonewold | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shonewaltd | 80 | 0 | / |
| Shoenewald | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schanawald | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sonewald | 78 | 34 | / |
| Senewald | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shenewal | 78 | 0 | / |
| Schonnevald | 76 | 25 | / |
| Schoenevald | 76 | 1 | / |
| Schoenawald | 76 | 0 | / |
| Sonnewald | 74 | 76 | / |
| Sannewald | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shanewall | 74 | 0 | / |
| Schonnevaldt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanewal | 71 | 7 | / |
| Sonewal | 71 | 2 | / |
| Schoneveld | 70 | 1,315 | / |
| Schenovald | 70 | 8 | / |
| Schonneval | 70 | 5 | / |
| Schenevalt | 70 | 5 | / |
| Shoenevald | 70 | 1 | / |
| Shoenewall | 70 | 0 | / |
| Shoenowald | 70 | 0 | / |
| Sanehwal | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sönevall | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schonneyval | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schonnevalt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schoneveldt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaniwal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Senewalt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonowald | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonewaal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Senawald | 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 Schönewald
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