Scheaffers Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Scheaffers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheaffers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Scheaffers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scheaffers occurs most in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheaffers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Scheaffers is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Scheaffers live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Scheaffers is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 85 percent live, Gauteng, where 8 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Argentina, where 7 percent live.

Scheaffers Last Name Statistics demography

Scheaffers earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 103.57% more than the national average, earning R 483,768 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 Scheaffers
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