Schepers Surname

30,103rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Belgium

Schepers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schepers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5,9261:2,850219
Germany4,8141:16,7232,211
Belgium4,3491:2,644237
United States1,6521:219,40621,313
South Africa2981:181,80419,921
France1271:523,01472,224
Brazil1181:1,814,18958,634
Canada1031:357,72432,292
Luxembourg791:7,3491,128
Australia691:391,24231,907
England511:1,092,51152,584
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Austria131:655,03358,041
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China31:455,773,85521,925
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

The alternate forms: Schépers (6) are calculated separately.

Schepers Last Name Facts

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

Schepers occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also appear in the variant forms: Schépers. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schepers? popularity and diffusion

Schepers is the 30,103rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 410,427 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Schepers live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 5,926 people, or 1 in 2,850. In The Netherlands Schepers is primarily found in: Overijssel, where 19 percent live, North Brabant, where 18 percent live and Gelderland, where 15 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 27 percent live and Belgium, where 24 percent live.

Schepers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schepers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schepers surname grew 2,327 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schepers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schepers surname are 21.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.24% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Schepers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.97% more than the national average, earning R 434,796 per year; in United States they earn 5.46% more than the national average, earning $45,506 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.23% more than the national average, earning $52,777 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

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