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Schnelker Surname

814,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342 people bear this surname

MOST PREVALENT IN:

United States

HIGHEST DENSITY IN:

United States

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Schnelker Surname Distribution Map

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Place Incidence Frequency Rank in Area

United States 281 1:1,289,889 90,528

Germany 55 1:1,463,736 89,144

South Africa 6 1:9,029,617 189,736

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Schnelker Demographics

Schnelker Political Affiliation

in United States

Sample size: 77 (2014)

United States
Average

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Schnelker Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schnelker Come

From? n a t i o n a l i t y o r c o u n t r y o f o r i g i n

The surname Schnelker is held by more people in The United States

than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential
spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schnelker?

popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 814,680 th most common last name world-wide,

held by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. The last name Schnelker is
mostly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Schnelker reside;
82 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-
North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is

held by 281 people, or 1 in 1,289,889. In The United States it is most
numerous in: Indiana, where 33 percent reside, Michigan, where 14
percent reside and California, where 13 percent reside. Outside of The
United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in
Germany, where 16 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent
reside.

Schnelker Family Population Trend historical

fluctuation

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The prevalency of Schnelker has changed over time. In The United

States the number of people who held the Schnelker surname grew
685 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schnelker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schnelker last name are
35.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the
national average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the party.

Schnelker earn notably more than the average income. In United

States they earn 17% more than the national average, earning $50,484
USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Surname Similarity Worldwide Incidence Prevalency

Schnelke 94 18 /

Schnilker 89 0 /

Snelker 88 0 /

Schnellcke 84 1 /

Snelcer 75 4 /

Sinlker 75 1 /

Senlke 67 0 /

Šnelcer 63 8 /

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Surname Similarity Worldwide Incidence Prevalency

Shnylka 63 1 /

Znehlke 63 0 /

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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

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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 Schnelker

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