Schönberger
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From Schöneberg, Lausitz area in Mecklenburg
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʃøːnbɛɐɡɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schönberger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 16K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 156Kas Schoenberger
- ATAustria≈1 in 17K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Schönberger itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 239 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Schoenberger in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CH Switzerland and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Schöneberg, Lausitz area in Mecklenburg.
Sources 1
- The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Schönberger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Schönberger | 93 |
| US United States | 2,136as Schoenberger | 1 in 156K | 2.1K | Schoenberger | 239 |
| AT Austria | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Schönberger | 36 |
| EG Egypt | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 286K | — | Schoenberger | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 231K | 6 | Schoenberger | 18 |
| NL Netherlands | 130 | 1 in 133K | 130 | Schönberger | 10 |
| CH Switzerland | 118 | 1 in 71K | 118 | Schoenberger | 14 |
| IE Ireland | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 88K | — | Schoenberger | 1 |
| PS Palestine | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 82K | — | Schoenberger | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Schönberger is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Toponymischer Familienname zu Schönberg/Schönberger Ortsnamen; 2587 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
In German, Kompositum mit Schön- im Erstglied; zeigt Apokope des -e. 2587 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Georg Schönbergerb. 1596DECzech university educator
- Armand Schönbergerb. 1885HUHungarian artist (1885-1974)
- Robi Schönbergerb. 1960ILIsraeli poet
- Ursula Schönbergerb. 1962DEGerman politician
- Christoph Schönbergerb. 1966DEGerman jurist and university teacher
- Sophie Schönbergerb. 1979DEGerman jurist and university teacher
- Thomas Schönbergerb. 1986ATAssociation footballer
- Marlene Schönbergerb. 1990DEGerman politician
- Belinda Schönbergerb. 1991ATAustrian figure skater
- Sebastian Schönbergerb. 1994ATAustrian cyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 130 | #15,342 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 118 | #9,701 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Schönberger?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃøːnbɛɐɡɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Schönberger mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Schöneberg, Lausitz area in Mecklenburg.
- In which country does Schönberger have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.9 thousand people named Schönberger in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schönberger.
- How common is the name Schönberger?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 130 people named Schönberger in 2007, about 1 in 133 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sch%C3%B6nbergerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Schönberger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.