Scharenberg Surname

301,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Scharenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8661:92,96211,637
United States2251:1,610,929108,055
Netherlands481:351,81639,430
Australia331:818,05251,601
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Austria131:655,03358,041
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Scharenberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scharenberg is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharenberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Scharenberg is the 301,673rd most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,788,361 people. The surname Scharenberg occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Scharenberg are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Scharenberg is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 866 people, or 1 in 92,962. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Germany it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside.

Scharenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Scharenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Scharenberg surname expanded 865 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scharenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scharenberg last name are 13.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.47% registered with the political party.

Scharenberg earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.9% more than the national average, earning $43,970 USD 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
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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 Scharenberg
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