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
Schaëfer occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Schaefer. For other possible spellings of Schaëfer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaëfer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Schaëfer live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Schaëfer is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 56 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 25 percent reside and Gauteng, where 6 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside and Belgium, where 5 percent reside.
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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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