Schernhammer Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Schernhammer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schernhammer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1241:68,67310,554
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397

Schernhammer Last Name Facts

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

Schernhammer has its highest incidence in Austria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Schernhammer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schernhammer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,380,086th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Schernhammer are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Austria, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 68,673. In Austria Schernhammer is primarily found in: Upper Austria, where 38 percent live, Lower Austria, where 27 percent live and Vienna, where 20 percent live. Beside Austria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Schernhammer Last Name Statistics demography

Schernhammer earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 0.52% less than the national average, earning $49,424 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shernamma761/
Shirname70366/
Sirname635/
Sernama631/
Syrname631/
Sernemyr6015/
Seernama606/
Shirnama601/
Chernomyz5780/
Chernomys5710/
Chernomiz571/

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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 Schernhammer
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