Scheffold Surname

251,268th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,577 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Scheffold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheffold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,4291:56,3377,287
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Austria281:304,12334,120
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Scheffold Last Name Facts

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

Scheffold is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Scheffold.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheffold? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 251,268th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,621,145 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Scheffold reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 1,429 people, or 1 in 56,337. In Germany Scheffold is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 90 percent are found, Bavaria, where 6 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 1 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 2 percent are found.

Scheffold Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Scheffold earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 111.84% more than the national average, earning R 503,424 per year; in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.48% more than the national average, earning $53,399 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schefold94199/
Sheffold9424/
Sceffold941/
Schaeffhold9010/
Schäffold8939/
Schaffold8934/
Schefhold899/
Schaffhold848/
Shaffold827/
Sheffald820/
Schoefolt7861/
Sheffheld782/
Saffold752,198/
Shefald751/
Soffold750/
Seafold750/
Shefhald710/
Saphfold710/
Safffold710/
Safold671/
Saphold630/
Siffald630/
Cessfold591/
Sapfhold590/
Schipholt5665/
Cidfald503/
Shafalt501/
Saafald500/

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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 Scheffold
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