Scheweleff Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Scheweleff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Scheweleff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland141:392,62226,475
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Scheweleff Last Name Facts

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

Scheweleff is found most frequently in Finland. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Scheweleff click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheweleff? popularity and diffusion

Scheweleff is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Scheweleff live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 392,622. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Ostrobothnia, where 71 percent live, Satakunta, where 21 percent live and Uusimaa, where 7 percent live. Not including Finland Scheweleff occurs in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cheweleff954/
Schewelew849/
Sheveleff849/
Schewelev846/
Cheveleff842/
Shebeleff840/
Saweleff781/
Seweilef781/
Schevelev7477/
Schebelev7414/
Schevelew745/
Shchevelev70372/
Scheveleva7084/
Shchebelev7061/
Shevelyoff702/
Shevelev6710,396/
Shcheveleva67572/
Chevelev67252/
Shevelew6735/
Shebelev6711/
Saveleff675/
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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 Scheweleff
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