Schalffer Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Schalffer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schalffer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Schalffer Last Name Facts

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

Schalffer is found most frequently in Brazil. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Schalffer.

How Common Is The Last Name Schalffer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Schalffer is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Schalffer occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Schalffer live; 100 percent live in South America and 100 percent live in Luso-South America.

This surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Santa Catarina, where 75 percent live and Espírito Santo, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schalfer9412/
Schaulfer892/
Schalpfer891/
Schallfer890/
Scalfer8825/
Shalfer882/
Scholfer821/
Salfer80590/
Chalfe8016/
Shelfer75467/
Salfier7521/
Salfert7511/
Shalfei752/
Salfeer751/
Shalfeh751/
Shalferova741/
Sallfert7136/
Salfe717/
Shalfi67351/
Chalfi67247/
Shalfa6732/
Cholfe6729/
Chalfy6712/
Solfer679/
Salfee677/
Salfie673/
Salfeu673/
Salferová672/
Zalfer671/
Scholfess671/
Salffa671/
Salfet671/

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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 Schalffer
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