Schönwetter Surname

416,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 834 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Schönwetter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schönwetter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6191:130,05715,842
Austria1701:50,0917,948
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Slovenia211:118,46112,441
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Schonwetter (139) are calculated separately.

Schönwetter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schönwetter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Schönwetter occurs most in Germany. It can also be found as: Schonwetter. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schönwetter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 416,960th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,738,065 people. The surname Schönwetter is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schönwetter are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 619 people, or 1 in 130,057. In Germany Schönwetter is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 62 percent reside, Hesse, where 14 percent reside and Saarland, where 4 percent reside. Barring Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 20 percent reside and Switzerland, where 3 percent reside.

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Schönwetter Reference & Research

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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 Schönwetter
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