Scherlein Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Scherlein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scherlein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary201:490,81431,291
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Scherlein Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scherlein occurs in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scherlein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,485,539th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Scherlein are found; 63 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 63 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Hungary, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 490,814. In Hungary Scherlein is most common in: Komárom-Esztergom County, where 95 percent are found and Veszprém County, where 5 percent are found. Other than Hungary Scherlein exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.

Scherlein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scherlein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Scherlein surname decreased 42 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Scherlein
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