Scharafinski Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Scharafinski Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharafinski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Scharafinski Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scharafinski is most common in Germany. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharafinski? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Scharafinski live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 50 percent reside, Bavaria, where 20 percent reside and Berlin, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Scharafinski Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scharafinski has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scharafinski surname expanded 300 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
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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Scharafinski
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