Schaper Surname
Approximately 17,152 people bear this surname
Schaper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11,376 | 1:7,077 | 880 |
| United States | 3,726 | 1:97,278 | 10,850 |
| Netherlands | 785 | 1:21,512 | 3,412 |
| Brazil | 270 | 1:792,868 | 28,787 |
| Australia | 234 | 1:115,366 | 12,799 |
| South Africa | 173 | 1:313,166 | 29,785 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Panama | 37 | 1:105,737 | 3,952 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Austria | 27 | 1:315,386 | 35,058 |
| Mexico | 23 | 1:5,396,792 | 30,197 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| Poland | 19 | 1:2,000,460 | 98,816 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Liechtenstein | 5 | 1:7,676 | 1,080 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 269 | 1:186,687 | 16,510 |
The alternate forms: Schäper (1,491) are calculated separately.
Schaper (15) may also be a first name.
Schaper Demographics
Average Male Schaper Height
176.37 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Schaper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaper Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schaper has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms: Schäper. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaper? popularity and diffusion
Schaper is the 31,144th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 424,880 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Schaper live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 11,376 people, or 1 in 7,077. In Germany it is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 58 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent reside. Not including Germany Schaper is found in 46 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 5 percent reside.
Schaper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schaper has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schaper surname increased 1,385 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Schaper Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Schaper surname are 36.58% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.81% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Schaper earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.13% less than the national average, earning 207,213 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.87% more than the national average, earning R 372,792 per year; in United States they earn 7.86% more than the national average, earning $46,540 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.69% more than the national average, earning $52,512 CAD 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
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- 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
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