Schrader

Schrader is a family name very common roughly within the Triangle Hannover-Hamburg-Berlin within Germany (so-called "Eastfalia", part of today's states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt). It means tailor.[1] Carriers of this name have spread all over the world due to emigration from Germany. It is especially common in the United States, but there are also occurrences in France, Britain, and the Netherlands.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 49.6% of all known bearers of the surname Schrader were residents of Germany (frequency 1:2,951), 41.6% of the United States (1:15,829), 1.6% of Canada (1:42,055), 1.3% of the Netherlands (1:24,220), 1.2% of South Africa (1:81,656) and 1.0% of Australia (1:44,272).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,951) in the following states:[2]

People

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gollark: No.

See also

References

  1. Patrick Hanks (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
  2. Schrader surname distribution
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