Schafferer Surname

613,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 503 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Schafferer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schafferer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria4611:18,4722,840
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Schäfferer (25) are calculated separately.

Schafferer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schafferer is most common in Austria. It can be rendered as: Schäfferer. For other possible spellings of Schafferer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schafferer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Schafferer is the 613,453rd most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 14,488,163 people. The last name Schafferer is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Schafferer reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is held by 461 people, or 1 in 18,472. In Austria it is primarily found in: Tyrol, where 87 percent are found, Vienna, where 8 percent are found and Carinthia, where 5 percent are found. Not including Austria this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 5 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Schafferer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schafferer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schafferer Last Name Statistics demography

Schafferer earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 21.17% less than the national average, earning 272,815 kr per year.

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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 Schafferer
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