Schafield Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Schafield Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Schafield Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schafield Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schafield occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schafield? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schafield is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Schafield reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 50 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 50 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent reside.
Schafield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Schafield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schafield surname decreased 93 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 Schafield
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