Schütt Surname

29,647th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,053 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schütt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schütt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany17,0811:4,713564
Denmark4381:12,8871,234
Sweden1441:68,3805,181
Switzerland1151:71,4178,505
Hungary1111:88,4358,728
Austria561:152,06120,229
Finland291:189,54116,328
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Norway121:428,52437,411
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
England21:27,859,030389,889
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Schűtt (2) are calculated separately.

Schütt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schütt is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Schűtt. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schütt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 29,647th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 403,675 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schütt live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 17,081 people, or 1 in 4,713. In Germany it is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 14 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Germany Schütt occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schűtt942/
Schütte9222,472/
Schüttz921/
Schüt9123/
Schüth83109/
Schüte8366/
Schüts8328/
Sütt80144/
Schuett773,300/
Schiett771/
Schüthe771/
Süttő73225/
Shütz7312/
Süt676,131/
Shuett6745/
Schiet6742/
Schűtz6728/
Schuet6722/
Suehtt677/
Shiett671/
Schuut671/

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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 Schütt
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