Scharnau Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Scharnau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Scharnau Demographics
Average Scharnau Salary in
United States
$62,975 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Scharnau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scharnau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Scharnau is most common in Germany. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Scharnau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scharnau? popularity and diffusion
Scharnau is the 2,605,694th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Scharnau live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Scharnau is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,981,684. In Germany Scharnau is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 26 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 13 percent are found.
Scharnau Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Scharnau earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 45.95% more than the national average, earning $62,975 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.23% less than the national average, earning $46,586 CAD 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 Scharnau
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