Scheleff Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Scheleff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Scheleff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scheleff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Scheleff occurs in Chile more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scheleff? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Scheleff occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Scheleff live; 95 percent live in South America and 85 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Chile, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,036,263. In Chile Scheleff is mostly found in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 76 percent are found, O'Higgins Region, where 12 percent are found and Bío Bío Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Chile this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 10 percent are found and Israel, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Scheleff
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