Scherfer Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Scherfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scherfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany631:1,277,86481,414
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Scherfer Last Name Facts

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

Scherfer is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Scherfer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,628,521st most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Scherfer are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 1,277,864. In Germany Scherfer is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent are found, Hesse, where 30 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Scherfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scherfer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Scherfer last name increased 227 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scherfer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scherfer surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

Scherfer earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.32% more than the national average, earning $52,779 USD 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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  • 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 Scherfer
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