Schaëfer Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Schaëfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Schaefer (95,038) are calculated separately.
Schaëfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaëfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schaëfer has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may occur in the variant forms: Schaefer. Click here for other possible spellings of Schaëfer.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaëfer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Schaëfer reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa Schaëfer is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 56 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 25 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Barring South Africa Schaëfer is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 11 percent live and Belgium, where 5 percent live.
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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 Schaëfer
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