Schaft Surname
Approximately 669 people bear this surname
Schaft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 298 | 1:56,668 | 9,739 |
| Germany | 220 | 1:365,934 | 34,941 |
| United States | 118 | 1:3,071,686 | 178,560 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 1:1,619,958 | 85,073 |
Schaft Demographics
Average Schaft Salary in
United States
$45,538 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Schaft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schaft is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Schaft click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaft? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 493,936th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,893,193 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Schaft live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 56,668. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 65 percent are found, South Holland, where 10 percent are found and Utrecht, where 5 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands Schaft is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.
Schaft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Schaft has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schaft surname expanded 381 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Schaft Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Schaft surname are 9.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Schaft earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 10.57% more than the national average, earning 382,650 kr per year and in United States they earn 5.54% more than the national average, earning $45,538 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schafft | 92 | 468 | / |
| Schafte | 92 | 34 | / |
| Schafts | 92 | 14 | / |
| Schaeft | 92 | 1 | / |
| Schauft | 92 | 1 | / |
| Shaft | 91 | 671 | / |
| Chaft | 91 | 8 | / |
| Scaft | 91 | 0 | / |
| Shahft | 83 | 76 | / |
| Schoft | 83 | 55 | / |
| Shafts | 83 | 50 | / |
| Scheft | 83 | 35 | / |
| Shafte | 83 | 19 | / |
| Shafft | 83 | 8 | / |
| Sheaft | 83 | 4 | / |
| Schabt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shaift | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shaftt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Schöft | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chafts | 83 | 0 | / |
| Scafft | 83 | 0 | / |
| Saft | 80 | 2,077 | / |
| Schefft | 77 | 66 | / |
| Schouft | 77 | 42 | / |
| Schaubt | 77 | 11 | / |
| Scheift | 77 | 2 | / |
| Schawtz | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shcafft | 77 | 2 | / |
| Schofft | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schabht | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shabt | 73 | 1,091 | / |
| Safth | 73 | 984 | / |
| Sheft | 73 | 134 | / |
| Safft | 73 | 42 | / |
| Safte | 73 | 13 | / |
| Shawt | 73 | 6 | / |
| Shoft | 73 | 5 | / |
| Chawt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sauft | 73 | 2 | / |
| Chavt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shavt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Scoft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sceft | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schoifet | 71 | 8 | / |
| Scheifet | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shaftova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saifet | 67 | 14 | / |
| Scofft | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shavte | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chavte | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safthe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shawth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safhth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shawte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scoift | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chawte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sahavt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafhd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schöftová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaibt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schobt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shepft | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Schaft
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