Schönwald Surname
Approximately 1,926 people bear this surname
Schönwald Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,799 | 1:44,750 | 5,868 |
| Poland | 44 | 1:863,835 | 66,160 |
| Austria | 38 | 1:224,090 | 27,245 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Schönwald Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schönwald Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schönwald is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Schönwald.
How Common Is The Last Name Schönwald? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 213,723rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,783,773 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schönwald live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Schönwald is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 1,799 people, or 1 in 44,750. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent are found and Bavaria, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Germany it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 2 percent are found and Austria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schönwaldt | 95 | 20 | / |
| Schinwald | 89 | 401 | / |
| Schenwald | 89 | 61 | / |
| Schönwaldová | 86 | 7 | / |
| Schoenwald | 84 | 881 | / |
| Schienwald | 84 | 7 | / |
| Schenwaldt | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schuenwald | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schoenwaldt | 80 | 14 | / |
| Chinwal | 75 | 40 | / |
| Sinwald | 75 | 38 | / |
| Shenwal | 75 | 3 | / |
| Shinwal | 75 | 2 | / |
| Senwald | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chenwal | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schoenwall | 74 | 3 | / |
| Schoenwalt | 74 | 1 | / |
| Schsenwalt | 74 | 0 | / |
| Schoenwold | 74 | 0 | / |
| Sennwald | 71 | 101 | / |
| Szenwald | 71 | 83 | / |
| Shinuald | 71 | 38 | / |
| Cheenwal | 71 | 6 | / |
| Shinwale | 71 | 2 | / |
| Szynwald | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chinwale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Scenwall | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shinwold | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shinwalt | 71 | 0 | / |
| Senwal | 67 | 112 | / |
| Sinwal | 67 | 62 | / |
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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 Schönwald
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