Scherffenberg Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Scherffenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scherffenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway231:223,57824,793
Denmark101:564,47234,222

Scherffenberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scherffenberg occurs more in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scherffenberg? popularity and diffusion

Scherffenberg is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Scherffenberg is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Scherffenberg are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most common in Norway, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 223,578. In Norway it is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 61 percent reside, Northern Norway, where 22 percent reside and Western Norway, where 13 percent reside. Besides Norway this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 30 percent reside.

Scherffenberg Last Name Statistics demography

Scherffenberg earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 12.4% less than the national average, earning 303,174 kr 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 Scherffenberg
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