Scharfer Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Scharfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Austria191:448,18144,644
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086

The alternate forms: Schärfer (111) are calculated separately.

Scharfer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scharfer occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as: Schärfer. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharfer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,967,751st most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Scharfer reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 62 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 6,472,481. In The United States it is most numerous in: Florida, where 18 percent reside, New York, where 18 percent reside and Oregon, where 16 percent reside. Apart from The United States Scharfer exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Scharfer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Scharfer surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Scharfer earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.15% less than the national average, earning $40,065 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
  • 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 Scharfer
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