Schelfer Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Schelfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Schelfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schelfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schelfer is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Schelfer.
How Common Is The Last Name Schelfer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Schelfer reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands Schelfer is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 93 percent reside, Drenthe, where 4 percent reside and Overijssel, where 4 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaelfer | 94 | 3 | / |
| Schellfer | 94 | 1 | / |
| Shelfer | 93 | 467 | / |
| Schelfe | 93 | 45 | / |
| Schellffer | 89 | 0 | / |
| Schilfer | 88 | 9 | / |
| Scheelfe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Schelfey | 88 | 0 | / |
| Selfer | 86 | 12 | / |
| Chelfe | 86 | 3 | / |
| Shelfe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schilfert | 82 | 17 | / |
| Selfert | 80 | 23 | / |
| Schelfi | 80 | 16 | / |
| Shelfeh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chelfey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shilfer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Szelfer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schilferth | 78 | 2 | / |
| Selfe | 77 | 1,720 | / |
| Celfe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Selffert | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chelfi | 71 | 1,548 | / |
| Silfer | 71 | 111 | / |
| Zelfer | 71 | 51 | / |
| Selfes | 71 | 35 | / |
| Shelfi | 71 | 32 | / |
| Schilfett | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shelfy | 71 | 3 | / |
| Selfjr | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selfie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selfire | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cilferd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silpfer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silfeur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silferd | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Schelfer
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