Schefman Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Schefman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schefman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands801:211,09028,733
United States371:9,796,187405,931
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Schefman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schefman is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Schefman.

How Common Is The Last Name Schefman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,511,557th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name Schefman occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Schefman reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Schefman is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 211,090. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Limburg, where 91 percent reside, North Brabant, where 6 percent reside and Overijssel, where 1 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Belgium, where 7 percent reside.

Schefman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Schefman are 44.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 90.91% registered with the political party.

Schefman earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.64% more than the national average, earning $55,076 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
  • 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 Schefman
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