Schötzau Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Schötzau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 58 | 1:141,602 | 13,683 |
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
The alternate forms: Schotzau (1) are calculated separately.
Schötzau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schötzau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schötzau is found most frequently in Switzerland. It may also appear as: Schotzau. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schötzau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,755,741st most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. Schötzau is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schötzau are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 141,602. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 57 percent live, Canton of Aargau, where 26 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 14 percent live. Barring Switzerland it occurs in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 47 percent live.
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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 Schötzau
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