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
Schönknecht occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schönknecht? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 303,386th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,830,037 people. The surname Schönknecht is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Schönknecht live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 1,159 people, or 1 in 69,461. In Germany Schönknecht is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Germany Schönknecht exists 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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