Schönfelder

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Toponymic surname: from a place name / field name meaning ‘beautiful field’; bearer count 10282

/ʃøːnfɛldɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Schönfelder is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 20K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 319Kas Schoenfelder
  • ATAustria≈1 in 46K

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 Schönfelder 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)

≈4,100 people, est.

Sources
199 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SchoenfelderLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Schoenfelder in US United States, GB United Kingdom, BB Barbados and 1 more and Schonfelder in CN China.

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)

Toponymic surname: from a place name / field name meaning ‘beautiful field’; bearer count 10282.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Schönfelder 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.

Where Schönfelder is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈4,100 est.≈1 in 20K—Schönfelder89
CN China—≈3,100 est.≈1 in 447K—Schonfelder1
US United States—1,042as Schoenfelder1 in 319K1.1KSchoenfelder199
GB United Kingdom—≈200 est.≈1 in 335K15Schoenfelder20
AT Austria—≈190 est.≈1 in 46K—Schönfelder23
BR Brazil—901 in 2.4M90—1
CH Switzerland—531 in 159K53Schoenfelder3
BB Barbados#855———Schoenfelder2

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Schönfelder is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Schonfelder

  • Czech surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Poland, Slovakia

    Languages: Czech, Polish, Slovak

    Also written Schonfelder, Schőnfelder

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Chile, Uruguay

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Schonfelder

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada

    Also written Schonfelder

  • Arabic name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Schonfelder

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Schonfelder

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Schonfelder

12 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Schönfelder is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Toponymic surname from a place name or settlement/field name; form type with Felder. Bearer count not stated on this page.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

  • In German, Toponymic surname from a place/dwelling-field name; bearer count 2484 tokens. < SiedlungsN X / < ON X

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

  • In German, A native or resident of Schönfeld

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, Toponymischer Familienname: Herkunftsname zu einem Ort/Flur mit schön- 'schön'; bezieht sich auf eine Wohnstätte oder Landschaftsbezeichnung.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

  • In German, Toponymischer Familienname: Herkunftsname zu Schönfeld; 2484 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

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)

18501900195020002050Adolph Schönfelder, b. 1875Heinrich Schönfelder, b. 1902Karl-Heinz Schönfelder, b. 1923Helmut Schönfelder, b. 1926Baldur Schönfelder, b. 1934Peter Schönfelder, b. 1940Boris Schönfelder, b. 1966Gerd Schönfelder, b. 1970Rainer Schönfelder, b. 1977Oscar Schönfelder, b. 2001

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Schönfelder, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Schönfelder
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202453#17,837

Reference works 5

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

What does the name Schönfelder mean, and where does it come from?
Toponymic surname: from a place name / field name meaning ‘beautiful field’; bearer count 10282. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
How do you pronounce Schönfelder?
A machine transcription gives /ʃøːnfɛldɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Schönfelder have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.1 thousand people named Schönfelder in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schönfelder.
How common is the name Schönfelder?
In Brazil, the national register counted 90 people named Schönfelder, about 1 in 2.4 million residents.
How common is Schönfelder compared with other names?
In Barbados, Schönfelder is the 855th most common surname of 11,500 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Schönfelder” — the 855th most common surname in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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