Scherning Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Scherning Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
Scherning Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scherning Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Scherning is found most frequently in Denmark. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Scherning? popularity and diffusion
The surname Scherning is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Scherning is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Scherning live; 61 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequently held in Denmark, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 297,090. In Denmark it is mostly found in: Region of Southern Denmark, where 84 percent are found, Capital Region of Denmark, where 5 percent are found and Central Denmark Region, where 5 percent are found. Barring Denmark it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schierning | 95 | 104 | / |
| Schoerning | 95 | 12 | / |
| Schaerning | 95 | 1 | / |
| Sherning | 94 | 27 | / |
| Scharning | 89 | 143 | / |
| Schorning | 89 | 104 | / |
| Schörning | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shearning | 89 | 0 | / |
| Serning | 88 | 27 | / |
| Cerning | 88 | 20 | / |
| Scharningh | 84 | 2 | / |
| Schoernhng | 84 | 1 | / |
| Zschörning | 84 | 1 | / |
| Shorning | 82 | 0 | / |
| Sharning | 82 | 0 | / |
| Searning | 82 | 0 | / |
| Serinning | 78 | 1 | / |
| Zerning | 75 | 176 | / |
| Sarning | 75 | 166 | / |
| Sorning | 75 | 78 | / |
| Sirning | 75 | 27 | / |
| Cirnning | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sornning | 71 | 0 | / |
| Zirning | 63 | 0 | / |
| Cernenkova | 53 | 24 | / |
| Cernencova | 53 | 8 | / |
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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 Scherning
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