Scaefer Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Scaefer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scaefer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Scaefer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Scaefer Come From? nationality or country of origin

Scaefer has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scaefer? popularity and diffusion

Scaefer is the 5,213,395th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Scaefer reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States Scaefer is most common in: New York, where 33 percent are found, Virginia, where 22 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Scaefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Scaefer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scaefer surname rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scaefer Last Name Statistics demography

Scaefer earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Scaefer
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