Scharenburg Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Scharenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands41:4,221,794131,139
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Scharenburg Last Name Facts

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

Scharenburg occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharenburg? popularity and diffusion

Scharenburg is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Scharenburg live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Scharenburg is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 4,221,794. In The Netherlands Scharenburg is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 25 percent live, South Holland, where 25 percent live and Utrecht, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands Scharenburg occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live.

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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 Scharenburg
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