Schönhöfer Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Schönhöfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 207 | 1:388,915 | 36,309 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Schönhofer (1,282) & Schonhofer (55) are calculated separately.
Schönhöfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schönhöfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schönhöfer is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Schönhofer or Schonhofer. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schönhöfer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,108,016th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schönhöfer live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 207 people, or 1 in 388,915. In Germany Schönhöfer is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 71 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Germany Schönhöfer occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 3 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schönhofer | 97 | 1,282 | / |
| Schönhöffer | 95 | 25 | / |
| Schonhofer | 93 | 55 | / |
| Schöneshöfer | 91 | 65 | / |
| Schönhöferová | 87 | 7 | / |
| Schönhoffer | 86 | 6 | / |
| Schanhofer | 80 | 47 | / |
| Schenhofer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schoenhofer | 76 | 387 | / |
| Schonhoffer | 76 | 28 | / |
| Schenhoffer | 76 | 6 | / |
| Shenhofer | 74 | 41 | / |
| Schonofer | 74 | 4 | / |
| Schonhofe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Schenofer | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shonhofer | 74 | 1 | / |
| Schoenhoefer | 73 | 23 | / |
| Schoenhoffer | 73 | 4 | / |
| Schoenhaffer | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schoenhoeffer | 70 | 8 | / |
| Schoneofer | 70 | 1 | / |
| Shonhoffer | 70 | 0 | / |
| Senhofer | 67 | 32 | / |
| Shanofer | 67 | 10 | / |
| Shonofer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shonafer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanhofer | 67 | 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 Schönhöfer
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