Scharfy Surname

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

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Scharfy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharfy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Austria131:655,03358,041
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Schárfy (16) are calculated separately.

Scharfy Last Name Facts

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

Scharfy is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Schárfy. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharfy? popularity and diffusion

Scharfy is the 1,967,751st most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Scharfy are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Scharfy is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany Scharfy is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 79 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent live. Aside from Germany Scharfy occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and Austria, where 14 percent live.

Scharfy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scharfy last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.

Scharfy earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.5% more than the national average, earning $51,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schárfy9516/
Sharfy9232/
Charfy922/
Scharfe862,452/
Scharfi862/
Scharfè861/
Sharfey860/
Sarfy834/
Scharfer8090/
Scharffe8086/
Sharfi7720,055/
Charfi774,563/
Scarfe771,861/
Scarfi77825/
Sherfy77449/
Sharfa77188/
Sharfe7788/
Charfe7746/
Scarfa772/
Sarffy772/
Searfy771/
Scharffer7534/
Schaerffe752/
Scharpfer751/
Scharffee751/
Scharfehr751/
Sherfey71939/
Scarffe71242/
Schärfe7154/
Schárfi7145/
Sharffe7117/
Sharfer7111/
Zaharfy719/
Sharfee718/
Sharffi716/
Sharfit713/
Sharfaa712/
Sharfeh712/
Sharfie712/
Sharıfı711/
Charfer711/
Scarfee711/
Scherfe711/
Sharfaj711/
Sharfet711/
Scarffi711/
Sharfgi711/
Shahrfi711/
Sharfii711/
Sharfhi711/
Charfit711/
Charffi711/
Chaurfi711/
Charphy711/
Sharfai711/
Shairfi711/
Sherfay710/
Sarfi67611/
Sarfa67157/
Schärfer67111/
Sárfy6747/
Schärffe6731/
Sarfe6726/
Scherfee6710/
Sharfetz677/
Sharffer674/
Sharfeed673/
Sharfish672/
Sharffet672/
Scharffhess671/
Scarffee671/
Scherfie671/
Sharfeez671/
Shahrfit671/
Serfy671/
Sharffih671/

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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 Scharfy
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