Schaffar Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Schaffar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 190 | 1:349,593 | 52,489 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Schaffar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaffar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schaffar occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaffar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schaffar is the 1,028,911th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. Schaffar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Schaffar live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Schaffar is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 190 people, or 1 in 349,593. In France Schaffar is most frequent in: Grand Est, where 69 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 10 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 10 percent are found. Excluding France this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 8 percent are found and Germany, where 7 percent are found.
Schaffar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schaffar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 79 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 Schaffar
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