Schaefs Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Schaefs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 44 | 1:261,287 | 31,734 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Schaefs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaefs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schaefs occurs most in Belgium. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaefs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schaefs is the 2,808,717th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Schaefs reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 261,287. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 95 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Belgium Schaefs occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaef | 92 | 264 | / |
| Schefs | 92 | 13 | / |
| Schafs | 92 | 2 | / |
| Schoefs | 86 | 568 | / |
| Scheffs | 86 | 311 | / |
| Schaeff | 86 | 226 | / |
| Schaafs | 86 | 117 | / |
| Schaefe | 86 | 40 | / |
| Schaebs | 86 | 39 | / |
| Schaffs | 86 | 2 | / |
| Schiefs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schaeft | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shaef | 83 | 30 | / |
| Shafs | 83 | 4 | / |
| Chaef | 83 | 4 | / |
| Saefs | 83 | 2 | / |
| Scheifes | 80 | 81 | / |
| Schaev | 77 | 71 | / |
| Shaeff | 77 | 46 | / |
| Schofs | 77 | 31 | / |
| Sheffs | 77 | 19 | / |
| Schaeb | 77 | 17 | / |
| Schefz | 77 | 12 | / |
| Chaeff | 77 | 8 | / |
| Schoef | 77 | 5 | / |
| Schews | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shaefe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Schaws | 77 | 2 | / |
| Schavs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sheefs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shaafs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shaifs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sheifs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sheafs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Shaffs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Shiefs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schaew | 77 | 0 | / |
| Saef | 73 | 1,571 | / |
| Safs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sefs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schoepf | 71 | 1,454 | / |
| Schoeff | 71 | 419 | / |
| Shchaev | 71 | 153 | / |
| Schijfs | 71 | 47 | / |
| Schoufs | 71 | 38 | / |
| Schauws | 71 | 10 | / |
| Scheffz | 71 | 4 | / |
| Schoefp | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sheiffs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schöpfs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schäffs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shaheft | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schoffs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shaeffe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chaeffe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Schiefz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shaev | 67 | 2,365 | / |
| Schoepff | 67 | 260 | / |
| Szefs | 67 | 107 | / |
| Shaws | 67 | 40 | / |
| Shoef | 67 | 23 | / |
| Safsh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ceyfs | 67 | 14 | / |
| Choef | 67 | 13 | / |
| Sahef | 67 | 9 | / |
| ShaaAfsh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Shafz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Saefe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Seifs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Saaef | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shofs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sohef | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schssoef | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sa'ef | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shaew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shews | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saffs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saeyf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suefs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schoeffe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Siefs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scews | 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 Schaefs
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