Schönhofer Surname
Approximately 1,282 people bear this surname
Schönhofer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 772 | 1:104,282 | 12,903 |
| Austria | 483 | 1:17,630 | 2,686 |
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Schönhöfer (220) & Schonhofer (55) are calculated separately.
Schönhofer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schönhofer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schönhofer has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms: Schönhöfer or Schonhofer. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schönhofer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schönhofer is the 297,301st most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,684,513 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schönhofer reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 772 people, or 1 in 104,282. In Germany Schönhofer is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 88 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent are found. Besides Germany it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 38 percent are found and Poland, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schönhöfer | 97 | 220 | / |
| Schonhofer | 97 | 55 | / |
| Schönhoffer | 95 | 6 | / |
| Schanhofer | 90 | 47 | / |
| Schenhofer | 90 | 1 | / |
| Schoenhofer | 86 | 387 | / |
| Schonhoffer | 86 | 28 | / |
| Schönhöffer | 86 | 25 | / |
| Schenhoffer | 86 | 6 | / |
| Shenhofer | 84 | 41 | / |
| Schonofer | 84 | 4 | / |
| Shonhofer | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schenofer | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schoenhoefer | 82 | 23 | / |
| Schoenhoffer | 82 | 4 | / |
| Shonhoffer | 80 | 0 | / |
| Senhofer | 78 | 32 | / |
| Shanofer | 78 | 10 | / |
| Schoenhoeffer | 78 | 8 | / |
| Schönhöferová | 78 | 7 | / |
| Shonofer | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sanhofer | 78 | 1 | / |
| Szenhofer | 74 | 11 | / |
| Shenoffer | 74 | 0 | / |
| Schoenhaffer | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sanofer | 71 | 13 | / |
| Senofer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sanowfer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shonafer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanouffer | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sanafer | 59 | 12 | / |
| Sanefer | 59 | 4 | / |
| Senafer | 59 | 3 | / |
| Senefier | 56 | 1 | / |
| Senaffer | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Schönhofer
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