Schöniger Surname
Approximately 1,303 people bear this surname
Schöniger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,232 | 1:65,345 | 8,367 |
| Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Schoniger (58) are calculated separately.
Schöniger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schöniger Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schöniger is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Schoniger. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schöniger? popularity and diffusion
Schöniger is the 293,188th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,592,898 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schöniger live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,232 people, or 1 in 65,345. In Germany Schöniger is most frequent in: Saxony, where 29 percent reside, Bavaria, where 27 percent reside and Hesse, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 2 percent reside and Czechia, where 2 percent reside.
Schöniger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Schöniger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schöniger last name decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schoniger | 96 | 58 | / |
| Scheniger | 89 | 1 | / |
| Schaniger | 89 | 1 | / |
| Schönigerová | 86 | 22 | / |
| Schönegger | 84 | 960 | / |
| Schoeniger | 84 | 122 | / |
| Scheneiger | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schonniger | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schönegge | 78 | 124 | / |
| Schoneger | 78 | 8 | / |
| Saniger | 75 | 115 | / |
| Shenige | 75 | 99 | / |
| Shanige | 75 | 34 | / |
| Seniger | 75 | 10 | / |
| Soniger | 75 | 2 | / |
| Schonegger | 74 | 12 | / |
| Schoneiser | 74 | 0 | / |
| Sanniger | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shanizer | 71 | 2 | / |
| Senigher | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shenizer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schanise | 71 | 0 | / |
| Suiniger | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shoneger | 71 | 0 | / |
| Schoenegger | 70 | 22 | / |
| Schönhauser | 70 | 15 | / |
| Scheneicher | 70 | 2 | / |
| Sanige | 67 | 52 | / |
| Senige | 67 | 39 | / |
| Schonegge | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sehneiser | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shanaizer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shenneger | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schenezer | 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
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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 Schöniger
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