Schönfelder Surname

62,127th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,085 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schönfelder Surname User-submission:

Schönfelder is a German habitational surname, denoting someone who lived in any city or town named Schönfeld, meaning 'beautiful field'.

Schönfelder Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,4511:10,8051,362
Austria4611:18,4722,840
Hungary381:258,32320,391
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Poland321:1,187,77377,523
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Czechia271:393,83245,478
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Schönfelder Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Schönfelder is a German habitational surname, denoting someone who lived in any city or town named Schönfeld, meaning 'beautiful field'.

- haffman97
DNA test information
Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Norway

Schönfelder Demographics

Average Schönfelder Salary in
Norway

313,455 kr

Per year
Rank:
34,970 of 73,091
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
8.03715E-5
Rank: 60,935 of 73,091
Percentage of national average salary:
90.57%
Sample size: 2 (2014)

Average Salary in
Norway

346,080 kr

Per year
Per month:
28,840 kr
Per week:
6,409 kr
Per day:
948 kr

View the highest/lowest earning families in Norway

Schönfelder Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schönfelder Come From? nationality or country of origin

Schönfelder is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Schönfelder click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schönfelder? popularity and diffusion

Schönfelder is the 62,127th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 901,366 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schönfelder live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 7,451 people, or 1 in 10,805. In Germany Schönfelder is most frequent in: Saxony, where 28 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live and Bavaria, where 12 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 6 percent live and Hungary, where 0 percent live.

Schönfelder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schönfelder has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schönfelder surname contracted 88 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schönfelder Last Name Statistics demography

Schönfelder earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 9.43% less than the national average, earning 313,455 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schenfelder9140/
Schönfelderová8822/
Schoenfelder872,257/
Shenfelder863/
Shinfelder860/
Schoenfielder8317/
Schoenflder820/
Schoenfilder780/
Szenfelder7631/
Sennfelder7617/
Shenfleder760/
Šenfelder7014/
Šenfelderová6115/
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