Schönig Surname
Approximately 2,601 people bear this surname
Schönig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,520 | 1:31,947 | 4,208 |
| Austria | 54 | 1:157,693 | 20,874 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Schonig (86) are calculated separately.
Schönig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schönig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schönig occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Schonig. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schönig? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 166,419th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,801,825 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schönig live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 2,520 people, or 1 in 31,947. In Germany Schönig is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent live and Hesse, where 14 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schonig | 95 | 86 | / |
| Schönigt | 93 | 3 | / |
| Schanig | 86 | 2 | / |
| Schenig | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schoenig | 80 | 700 | / |
| Scheunig | 80 | 93 | / |
| Schönegg | 80 | 59 | / |
| Schönick | 80 | 6 | / |
| Scheenig | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schenieg | 80 | 0 | / |
| Shenig | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shanig | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schönicke | 75 | 101 | / |
| Schönek | 71 | 75 | / |
| Shoenig | 71 | 37 | / |
| Schanik | 71 | 13 | / |
| Schenik | 71 | 4 | / |
| Schoneg | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sahanig | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schöneck | 67 | 1,016 | / |
| Sanig | 67 | 497 | / |
| Schanick | 67 | 64 | / |
| Senig | 67 | 63 | / |
| Sonig | 67 | 59 | / |
| Schonegg | 67 | 30 | / |
| Schenegg | 67 | 18 | / |
| Schanegg | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sénig | 67 | 8 | / |
| Schenick | 67 | 7 | / |
| Schoenic | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schoenik | 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 Schönig
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