Scherfen Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Scherfen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Scherfen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scherfen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Scherfen is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Scherfen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Scherfen is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Scherfen are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Beside Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherfen | 93 | 39 | / |
| Sherfen | 93 | 1 | / |
| Scharfen | 88 | 345 | / |
| Sherfeen | 88 | 7 | / |
| Cherfem | 80 | 12 | / |
| Sharfen | 80 | 7 | / |
| Sherfin | 80 | 2 | / |
| Serfent | 80 | 0 | / |
| Shirfen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Cherfin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sharfeen | 75 | 4 | / |
| Serfin | 71 | 92 | / |
| Serfem | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sarfen | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sorfen | 71 | 4 | / |
| Serfín | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cerfin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sharfin | 67 | 417 | / |
| Sarfeen | 67 | 21 | / |
| Serfina | 67 | 15 | / |
| Searfin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sharfyn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sirfeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Servfyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serzfin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sirefen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cerfing | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sarfin | 57 | 208 | / |
| Sorfin | 57 | 96 | / |
| Zerfin | 57 | 31 | / |
| Serfim | 57 | 22 | / |
| Sirfin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Serphin | 53 | 5 | / |
| Searfim | 53 | 3 | / |
| Serrfim | 53 | 1 | / |
| Serwfim | 53 | 1 | / |
| Serfphim | 50 | 2 | / |
| Shahrvin | 50 | 1 | / |
| Sharphin | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Scherfen
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