Scheefers Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Scheefers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheefers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
United States71:51,779,848968,877
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Scheefers Last Name Facts

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

Scheefers is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheefers? popularity and diffusion

Scheefers is the 3,323,005th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Scheefers are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Scheefers is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 93 percent live and Hesse, where 7 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 34 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Scheefers Last Name Statistics demography

Scheefers earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD 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 Scheefers
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