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

Scharft is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Scharft.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharft? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,980,395th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Scharft occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Scharft are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 81 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 234,544. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Groningen, where 43 percent reside, Drenthe, where 38 percent reside and Gelderland, where 15 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

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/
Scharfs8630/
Scherft8626/
Schaarf8618/
Scharrf868/
Sharf8318,641/
Charf83470/
Sarft830/
Scharpff80101/
Scharffe8086/
Scharffs8032/
Scharwtz8010/
Scharrff801/
Schaarpf801/
Schaarff800/
Sharff77516/
Scharb77259/
Shairf77131/
Sharfe7788/
Charff7759/
Charfe7746/
Sharpf7737/
Charvt7728/
Schorf7713/
Sharhf773/
Shearf773/
Sharwf773/
Shahrf772/
Sharrf772/
Chairf772/
Saharf772/
Sharfp771/
Scharv770/
Scharfová7546/
Sarf73576/
Sharffe7117/
Shairef7115/
Scharwz718/
Shahrwf715/
Schorff714/
Scharffová713/
Scharffova712/
Scharph712/
Schorpf712/
Shairff712/
Chairwt711/
Chaharf711/
Sharhff711/
Sheerft711/
Schaarb711/
Shaharf711/
Sharıfı711/
Sharrff711/
Shearff710/
Sarff67809/
Szarf67313/
Sarwt67214/
Sharb67125/
Shorf6759/
Sarfe6726/
Zarft6715/
Sharw6714/
Sarrf6712/
Sahrf678/
Sairf676/
Saarf675/
Charw675/
Chorf674/
Saurf674/
Sharv674/
Charv673/
Searf673/
Shargeef671/
Sarfs671/
Sjarf671/
Sarwf671/
Cerft670/

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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 Scharft
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