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 held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaifer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schaifer is the 6,360,413th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Schaifer reside; 67 percent reside in South America and 56 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The surname Schaifer is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil Schaifer is most frequent in: Paraná, where 40 percent are found, Rio Grande do Sul, where 40 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 20 percent are found. Other than Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 11 percent are found.
Schaifer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence 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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