Schefers Surname

820,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 339 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Schefers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schefers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2641:1,372,95195,166
Germany571:1,412,37687,104
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Schefers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schefers is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schefers? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 820,032nd most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Schefers live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Schefers is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 1,372,951. In The United States Schefers is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 62 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Oregon, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.

Schefers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schefers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schefers last name rose 6,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schefers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schefers surname are 29.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 82.46% registered with the party.

Schefers earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.3% less than the national average, earning $40,429 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
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  • 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 Schefers
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