Scheau Surname
Approximately 468 people bear this surname
Scheau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 388 | 1:51,747 | 6,411 |
| Moldova | 67 | 1:53,155 | 7,609 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
The alternate forms: Șcheau (5) are calculated separately.
Scheau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scheau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Scheau is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Șcheau. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scheau? popularity and diffusion
Scheau is the 646,966th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 15,571,679 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Scheau are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name Scheau is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 388 people, or 1 in 51,747. In Romania Scheau is primarily found in: Alba County, where 53 percent are found, Sibiu County, where 28 percent are found and Gorj County, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Romania it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Scheau
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