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
The last name Scherag is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Scherag? popularity and diffusion
The surname Scherag is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Scherag are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Scherag is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany Scherag is most frequent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 36 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent are found and Hesse, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 12 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
- 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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