Schefele Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Schefele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Schefele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schefele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schefele occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Schefele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Schefele live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in British Isles.
This last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 2,785,903. In England Schefele is most numerous in: Essex, where 50 percent are found and Greater London, where 50 percent are found. Barring England it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Schefele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Schefele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schefele surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Schefele
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