Shimidt Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Shimidt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 141 | 1:1,518,258 | 50,663 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Shimidt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimidt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shimidt is most common in Brazil. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimidt? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,471,719th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Shimidt are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 1,518,258. In Brazil Shimidt is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 43 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 11 percent live and Paraná, where 10 percent live. Barring Brazil this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Shimidt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shimidt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shimidt surname contracted 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Shimidt
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