Schönfuß Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schönfuß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schönfuß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1661:484,97341,888
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Schönfuß Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schönfuß is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schönfuß? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,338,236th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schönfuß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 484,973. In Germany Schönfuß is most numerous in: Saxony, where 41 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 10 percent reside. Barring Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schönfuss8217/
Schoenfuß821/
Chenfu71155/
Chinfu712/
Shenfu711/
Schoenfus711/
Schoenfuss67129/
Schemfu674/
Schoenfuhs672/
Shionfu671/
Chenfouh639/
Senfu62341/
Sinfu628/
Chemfu5711/
Saenfu578/
Sinfou578/
Scemfu571/
Hsinfu571/
Hsienfu531/
Chinphut5024/

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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
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  • 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 Schönfuß
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