Schaifer Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Schaifer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
Schaifer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaifer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schaifer is found most in Brazil. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaifer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schaifer is the 6,360,413th most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Schaifer occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Schaifer live; 67 percent live in South America and 56 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Paraná, where 40 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 40 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 20 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.
Schaifer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Schaifer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 94 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 Schaifer
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