Schaeffter Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Schaeffter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Schaeffter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaeffter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schaeffter is most common in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaeffter? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,555,468th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Schaeffter occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Schaeffter reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 39 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany it is most common in: Hesse, where 59 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent reside and Bavaria, where 5 percent reside. Barring Germany Schaeffter exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 37 percent reside and Brazil, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaffter | 95 | 1,314 | / |
| Scheffter | 95 | 74 | / |
| Schaefter | 95 | 22 | / |
| Schoeffter | 90 | 218 | / |
| Schaiffter | 90 | 0 | / |
| Schefter | 89 | 600 | / |
| Schafter | 89 | 112 | / |
| Shaffter | 89 | 8 | / |
| Schaefte | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shaefter | 89 | 0 | / |
| Schäffter | 84 | 59 | / |
| Schoefter | 84 | 9 | / |
| Schöffter | 84 | 2 | / |
| Schiefter | 84 | 1 | / |
| Scheifter | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schaafter | 84 | 0 | / |
| Schafteer | 84 | 0 | / |
| Shafter | 82 | 494 | / |
| Shefter | 82 | 168 | / |
| Schäfter | 78 | 299 | / |
| Shaufter | 78 | 0 | / |
| Schofter | 78 | 0 | / |
| Safter | 75 | 229 | / |
| Sefter | 75 | 50 | / |
| Seiffeter | 74 | 1 | / |
| Seifter | 71 | 302 | / |
| Shevter | 71 | 49 | / |
| Sheftir | 71 | 21 | / |
| Shofter | 71 | 20 | / |
| Safther | 71 | 2 | / |
| Szefter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seufter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shawter | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shahefti | 67 | 28 | / |
| Shawther | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Schaeffter
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