Schünke Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Schünke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 684 | 1:117,698 | 14,444 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Schunke (3,615) are calculated separately.
Schünke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schünke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schünke is most common in Germany. It can occur as: Schunke. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schünke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 476,893rd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Schünke are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 684 people, or 1 in 117,698. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 17 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Schünke
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