Where Does The Last Name Schötz Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Schötz is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Schotz. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schötz? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 141,865^th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,320,874 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schötz live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 3,120 people, or 1 in 25,803. In Germany Schötz is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 61 percent reside, Brandenburg, where 17 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent reside. Other than Germany it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent reside and Czechia, where 0 percent reside.

Schötz Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Schötz has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.