Scharz Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Scharz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Schärz (310) are calculated separately.
Scharz Demographics
Average Scharz Salary in
United States
$41,938 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Scharz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scharz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Scharz is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Schärz. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Scharz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Scharz live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 4,237,129. In Germany Scharz is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 79 percent are found, Hamburg, where 5 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 19 percent are found.
Scharz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Scharz last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the party.
Scharz earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $41,938 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 Scharz
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