Schaffen Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Schaffen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Schaffen (5) may also be a first name.
Schaffen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaffen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schaffen is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Schaffen.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaffen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schaffen is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Schaffen live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 5,493,085th most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 5 people.
The last name Schaffen is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 50 percent reside and Oregon, where 50 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 20 percent reside and Chile, where 20 percent reside.
Schaffen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Schaffen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schaffen surname grew 200 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 Schaffen
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