Scheffauer Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Scheffauer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheffauer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1111:76,71611,596
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260

Scheffauer Last Name Facts

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

Scheffauer occurs more in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Scheffauer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheffauer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,484,726th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Scheffauer live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Scheffauer is most frequently used in Austria, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 76,716. In Austria Scheffauer is primarily found in: Tyrol, where 50 percent live, Salzburg, where 42 percent live and Styria, where 7 percent live. Excluding Austria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 18 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

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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
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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 Scheffauer
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