Schürmann Surname

26,660th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schürmann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schürmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany18,1111:4,445515
Switzerland1,7901:4,588681
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
Belgium311:370,85940,209
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Austria231:370,23639,193
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Norway141:367,30634,015
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Liechtenstein61:6,396809
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England31:18,572,686338,250
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:881,03053,642

The alternate forms: Schurmann (1,965) are calculated separately.

Schürmann (14) may also be a first name.

Schürmann Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schürmann has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found as: Schurmann. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schürmann? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schürmann is the 26,660th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 361,485 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schürmann live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe. Schürmann is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 14 people.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 18,111 people, or 1 in 4,445. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live and Hesse, where 3 percent live. Not including Germany this surname exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Schürmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schürmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schürmann surname decreased 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schürmann Last Name Statistics demography

Schürmann earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 19.23% less than the national average, earning 279,512 kr per year.

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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 Schürmann
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