Schaefen Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Schaefen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Schaefen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaefen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schaefen is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaefen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schaefen is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Schaefen live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname Schaefen is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Schaefen is primarily concentrated in: Arizona, where 67 percent reside and North Dakota, where 33 percent reside.
Schaefen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schaefen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Schaefen
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