Scharnke Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Scharnke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharnke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Scharnke Last Name Facts

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

Scharnke is found most in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharnke? popularity and diffusion

Scharnke is the 2,121,169th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname Scharnke occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Scharnke are found; 44 percent are found in Western Europe and 44 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Scharnke is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 2,300,156. In Germany Scharnke is mostly concentrated in: Hamburg, where 40 percent live, Hesse, where 26 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent live. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent live and Sweden, where 22 percent live.

Scharnke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Scharnke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Scharnke surname grew 164 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scharnke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scharnke last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

Scharnke earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.37% more than the national average, earning $46,327 USD 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 Scharnke
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