Scharft Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Scharft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands721:234,54430,714
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Scharft Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scharft occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharft? popularity and diffusion

The last name Scharft is the 1,980,395th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Scharft live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Scharft is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 234,544. In The Netherlands Scharft is mostly concentrated in: Groningen, where 43 percent are found, Drenthe, where 38 percent are found and Gelderland, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Scharft Last Name Statistics demography

Scharft earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 15.52% less than the national average, earning $41,971 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scharf9233,103/
Sharft922/
Scarft921/
Scharff866,687/
Scharpf862,840/
Schearf8663/
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Schaarf8618/
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Sharf8318,641/
Charf83470/
Sarft830/
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Scharwtz8010/
Scharrff801/
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Scharb77259/
Shairf77131/
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Sharpf7737/
Charvt7728/
Schorf7713/
Sharhf773/
Shearf773/
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Scharv770/
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Schaarb711/
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Sharıfı711/
Sharrff711/
Shearff710/
Sarff67809/
Szarf67313/
Sarwt67214/
Sharb67125/
Shorf6759/
Sarfe6726/
Zarft6715/
Sharw6714/
Sarrf6712/
Sahrf678/
Sairf676/
Saarf675/
Charw675/
Chorf674/
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Charv673/
Searf673/
Shargeef671/
Sarfs671/
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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 Scharft
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