Scharnberger Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Scharnberger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharnberger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Scharnberger Last Name Facts

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

Scharnberger occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Scharnberger.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharnberger? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Scharnberger reside; 55 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany it is most common in: Bavaria, where 44 percent are found, Hesse, where 38 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent are found. Besides Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 41 percent are found and Scotland, where 3 percent are found.

Scharnberger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Scharnberger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Scharnberger surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Scharnberger
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