Schafli Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Schafli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schafli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

The alternate forms: Schäfli (332) are calculated separately.

Schafli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schafli is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Schäfli. Click here to see other potential spellings of Schafli.

How Common Is The Last Name Schafli? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schafli is the 2,047,559th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Schafli is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Schafli live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Schafli is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 1,022,221. In South Africa Schafli is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 74 percent reside, Gauteng, where 17 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent reside. Beside South Africa Schafli is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Schafli Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Schafli earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.86% less than the national average, earning R 126,276 per year and in United States they earn 3.34% more than the national average, earning $44,589 USD 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
  • 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 Schafli
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