Scharstein Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Scharstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scharstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:4,474,802235,715
Denmark381:148,54513,026
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Scharstein Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scharstein is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Scharstein? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,573,888th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Scharstein occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Scharstein are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 4,474,802. In The United States it is primarily found in: Kentucky, where 54 percent reside, South Carolina, where 15 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States Scharstein exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 29 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.

Scharstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Scharstein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scharstein last name grew 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scharstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scharstein surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.55% registered with the party.

Scharstein earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.27% more than the national average, earning $65,701 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
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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 Scharstein
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