Schäfler Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Schäfler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 150 | 1:536,703 | 44,788 |
| Switzerland | 72 | 1:114,068 | 11,784 |
| Austria | 33 | 1:258,043 | 30,255 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
The alternate forms: Schafler (391) are calculated separately.
Schäfler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäfler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schäfler is found most in Germany. It may appear as a variant: Schafler. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäfler? popularity and diffusion
Schäfler is the 996,001st most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname Schäfler occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schäfler live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 536,703. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 53 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 25 percent live and Hesse, where 20 percent live. Beside Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 28 percent live and Austria, where 13 percent live.
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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 Schäfler
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