Scheffels Surname

764,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Scheffels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheffels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2971:271,06228,716
France351:1,897,792163,564
United States261:13,940,728505,428
England71:7,959,723202,100
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Scheffels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scheffels occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Scheffels.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheffels? popularity and diffusion

The surname Scheffels is the 764,765th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 19,537,657 people. Scheffels occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Scheffels are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 297 people, or 1 in 271,062. In Germany Scheffels is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 79 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 6 percent live. Beside Germany Scheffels is found in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Scheffels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scheffels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Scheffels surname increased 2,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scheffels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Scheffels last name are 16.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70% being registered with the party.

The amount Scheffels earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 2.08% less than the national average, earning 338,881 kr per year and in United States they earn 28.71% more than the national average, earning $55,535 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sheffels9460/
Schefels9422/
Schiffels89158/
Schaffels89130/
Sheffiels892/
Scheffles891/
Scheifels891/
Seffels8817/
Shefels880/
Sheffles821/
Shiffels820/
Schifels820/
Schiffles781/
Shaffeels781/
Saffels75133/
Siffels7599/
Seefels7520/
Chefles755/
Shifels750/
Seifels750/
Saffeels71115/
Saffells710/
Sefles6711/
Zefels6710/
Shifflest671/
Shiffless671/
Saffles63269/
Siffles6339/
Ziffels6319/
Seifils634/
Saphels630/
Soifils50111/
Syphles500/

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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 Scheffels
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