Schneider

Schneider (German for "tailor", literally "one who cuts", from the verb schneiden "to cut") is a very common surname in Germany. Alternative spellings include: Schneyder, Schnieder, Snyder, Snider, Sneider, Schnyder, Znaider, Schnaider, Schneiter, Shneider, and Sneijder, Snijder (Dutch), Snither (English), Snyman (Afrikaans), Schnider (Swiss German), Sznajder, Szneider (Polish), Snaider, Šnajder (Serbo-Croatian), and Schneidre (French). Geographical distribution As of 2014, 57.9% of all known bearers of the surname Schneider were residents of Germany (frequency 1:184), 18.8% of the United States (1:2,554), 6.1% of Brazil (1:4,446), 3.6% of Switzerland (1:299), 3.6% of France (1:2,452), 2.6% of Austria (1:443), 1.3% of Canada (1:3,837) and 1.0% of Argentina (1:5,820). In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:184) in the following states: 1. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:96) 2. Saarland (1:102) 3. Hesse (1:123) 4. Saxony (1:150) 5. Baden-Württemberg (1:151) 6. Thuringia (1:166) 7. Bavaria (1:173) 8. Brandenburg (1:178) People