Scherag Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Scherag Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Scherag Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scherag Come From? nationality or country of origin
Scherag has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scherag? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,055,934th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Scherag reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Scherag is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany it is most common in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 36 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent live and Hesse, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 12 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Scherag
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