Scherf Surname
Approximately 8,856 people bear this surname
Scherf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,452 | 1:12,478 | 1,616 |
| United States | 1,280 | 1:283,171 | 26,355 |
| Austria | 372 | 1:22,891 | 3,594 |
| Argentina | 224 | 1:190,819 | 15,892 |
| Brazil | 97 | 1:2,206,952 | 68,831 |
| Australia | 93 | 1:290,276 | 25,669 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Switzerland | 39 | 1:210,588 | 18,223 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| New Zealand | 35 | 1:129,381 | 15,740 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 208 | 1:241,436 | 20,158 |
Scherf Demographics
Average Male Scherf Height
175.69 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Scherf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scherf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Scherf is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Scherf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Scherf is the 57,189th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 822,894 people. The last name Scherf occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Scherf are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Scherf is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 6,452 people, or 1 in 12,478. In Germany Scherf is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live, Hesse, where 12 percent live and Bavaria, where 11 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 40 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live and Austria, where 4 percent live.
Scherf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Scherf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Scherf surname rose 615 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Scherf Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Scherf surname are 18.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.71% registered with the political party.
The amount Scherf earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 47.86% more than the national average, earning 511,728 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 471.17% more than the national average, earning R 1,357,320 per year; in United States they earn 4.34% more than the national average, earning $45,020 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.13% more than the national average, earning $60,181 CAD per year.
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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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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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