Scheffers Surname
Approximately 4,426 people bear this surname
Scheffers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,239 | 1:7,542 | 905 |
| South Africa | 1,472 | 1:36,806 | 4,720 |
| United States | 254 | 1:1,427,004 | 98,129 |
| Namibia | 121 | 1:19,912 | 3,485 |
| Botswana | 61 | 1:35,851 | 7,015 |
| Australia | 59 | 1:457,554 | 35,515 |
| Belgium | 59 | 1:194,858 | 25,672 |
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Scheffers Demographics
Average Male Scheffers Height
175.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Scheffers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scheffers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Scheffers occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scheffers? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 105,732nd most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,646,531 people. The last name Scheffers is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Scheffers live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2,239 people, or 1 in 7,542. In The Netherlands Scheffers is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 35 percent live, North Brabant, where 26 percent live and Limburg, where 11 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Scheffers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Scheffers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Scheffers last name grew 1,155 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Scheffers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Scheffers last name are 32.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 78.95% being registered with the political party.
The amount Scheffers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 32.29% less than the national average, earning R 160,908 per year; in United States they earn 20.95% more than the national average, earning $52,189 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.68% less than the national average, earning $49,346 CAD 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
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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
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