Schierff Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Schierff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Schierff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schierff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schierff is held by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schierff? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Schierff are found; 63 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Denmark, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 235,196. In Denmark Schierff is most common in: Central Denmark Region, where 79 percent live, Region of Southern Denmark, where 17 percent live and Capital Region of Denmark, where 4 percent live. Beside Denmark this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 38 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
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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 Schierff
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