Schaefli Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Schaefli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schaefli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080

Schaefli Last Name Facts

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

Schaefli is found most in Switzerland. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schaefli? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Schaefli reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Schaefli is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 631,763. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Zürich, where 54 percent are found, Canton of Thurgau, where 15 percent are found and Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 8 percent are found. Barring Switzerland this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Schaefli
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