Scaeffer Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Scaeffer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scaeffer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Scaeffer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scaeffer occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scaeffer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Scaeffer live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Scaeffer is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Scaeffer is primarily found in: Ohio, where 25 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Maryland, where 13 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 18 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Scaeffer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scaeffer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scaeffer Last Name Statistics demography

Scaeffer earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.84% less than the national average, earning $25,094 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 Scaeffer
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