Scharnberg Surname

349,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,043 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Scharnberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharnberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6051:133,06716,220
United States2641:1,372,95195,166
Brazil521:4,116,814111,429
Denmark461:122,71111,225
Australia271:999,84158,390
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Scharnberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scharnberg occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharnberg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 349,967th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 6,987,101 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 64 percent of Scharnberg reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Scharnberg is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 605 people, or 1 in 133,067. In Germany Scharnberg is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 51 percent are found, Hamburg, where 25 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Scharnberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Scharnberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scharnberg last name grew 943 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scharnberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Scharnberg last name are 22.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.85% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Scharnberg earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.64% more than the national average, earning $46,446 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.09% less than the national average, earning $46,158 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
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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 Scharnberg
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