Schlecht
surname · Latin script
Meaning: bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Schlecht is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 23K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 157K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 72K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 209 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Schlecht 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 | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 23K | listed | Schlecht | 112 |
| US United States | — | 2,118 | 1 in 157K | 2.1K | Schlecht | 209 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 150K | — | Schlecht | 19 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 347K | 9 | Schlecht | 14 |
| FR France | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 419K | 12 | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 117 | 1 in 72K | 117 | Schlecht | 16 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 244K | — | Schlecht | 15 |
| SH St. Helena | #173 | — | — | — | Schlecht | 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; the deutsche-namenkunde-gottschald-1982 register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Schlecht 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, Personenname, Übername: 'einfach, rechtschaffen, gerade'; evtl. auch zu 'Geschlecht, Abstammung'. Bearer count 1711.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Übername zu mhd. sleht/schlecht 'schlecht, gering'; Personenname nach persönlicher Wesensart. Bearer count: 1711.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, "glatthaarig" oder "schlicht". Schlecht-: s. Schlächter
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, from ‘smooth-haired’ or ‘plain, simple’
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, s. Schlegel
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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)
- Franz Schlechtb. 1730DEGerman composer
- Raymund Schlechtb. 1811DEGerman musicologist (1811-1891)
- Joseph Schlechtb. 1857DEGerman priest and historian (1857–1925)
- Paul Schlechtb. 1882DEGerman politician
- Karl Schlechtb. 1932DEGerman entrepreneur (1932–2024)
- Johannes Schlechtb. 1948DEGerman composer
- Hans Schlechtb. 1948ATAustrian canoeist
- Michael Schlechtb. 1951DEGerman politician
- John Schlechtb. 1978USAmerican football defensive tackle
- Julia Schlechtb. 1980DEGerman volleyball player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.1K | #14,178 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.8K | #15,244 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.6K | #17,781 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 117 | #9,754 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 29 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 22 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Schlecht mean, and where does it come from?
- bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Schlecht?
- In the etymology graph, Slight is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Schlecht have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Schlecht in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schlecht.
- How common is the name Schlecht?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,118 people named Schlecht in 2010, about 1 in 157 thousand residents.
- How common is Schlecht compared with other names?
- In St. Helena, Schlecht is the 173rd most common surname of 3,440 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/schlechtThe 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, “Schlecht” — the 173rd most common surname in St. Helena. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.