Scharnowsky Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Scharnowsky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharnowsky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Denmark171:332,04223,714
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Scharnowsky Last Name Facts

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

Scharnowsky occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharnowsky? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,979,664th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Scharnowsky is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Scharnowsky live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 55 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 23 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 9 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 40 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Scharnowsky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Scharnowsky has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 150 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 Scharnowsky
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