Schönknecht Surname
Approximately 1,250 people bear this surname
Schönknecht Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,159 | 1:69,461 | 8,877 |
| Poland | 44 | 1:863,835 | 66,160 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
Schönknecht Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schönknecht Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schönknecht occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schönknecht? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 303,386th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,830,037 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Schönknecht reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,159 people, or 1 in 69,461. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 11 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schöhnknecht | 96 | 1 | / |
| Schenknecht | 91 | 67 | / |
| Schinknecht | 91 | 8 | / |
| Schönknechtová | 88 | 2 | / |
| Schoenknecht | 87 | 300 | / |
| Schencknecht | 87 | 12 | / |
| Siehnknecht | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shenknekht | 76 | 655 | / |
| Sienknecht | 76 | 473 | / |
| Szenknecht | 76 | 95 | / |
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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 Schönknecht
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