Schaafer Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Schaafer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Schaafer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaafer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schaafer occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaafer? popularity and diffusion
Schaafer is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Schaafer occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Schaafer are found; 33 percent are found in North America and 33 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most prevalent in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 3,536,402. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Schaafer is most frequent in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent live. Other than Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Schaafer
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