Scheckenhofer Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Scheckenhofer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Scheckenhofer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Scheckenhofer Last Name Facts

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

Scheckenhofer has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Scheckenhofer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheckenhofer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,555,468th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Scheckenhofer occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Scheckenhofer live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Scheckenhofer is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany Scheckenhofer is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 77 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schekenhofer961/
Schechenhofer921/
Schickenhofer921/
Schachenhofer85355/
Schocnover701/
Chacon Hoffer693/
Tchechnover671/

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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 Scheckenhofer
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