Schiffels Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schiffels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schiffels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1451:555,21045,787
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Schiffels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schiffels occurs most in Germany. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schiffels? popularity and diffusion

Schiffels is the 1,385,851st most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Schiffels are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Schiffels is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 555,210. In Germany Schiffels is most common in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 66 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent are found. Beside Germany this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 1 percent are found.

Schiffels Last Name Statistics demography

Schiffels earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shiffels940/
Schifels940/
Scheffels89373/
Schuffels89112/
Schiffles891/
Scheifels891/
Siffels8899/
Shifels880/
Sheffels8260/
Schefels8222/
Sheffiels782/
Scheffles781/
Shifflest781/
Shiffless781/
Siffles7539/
Ziffels7519/
Seffels7517/
Suffels750/
Shefels750/
Seifels750/
Shuffles713/
Sheffles711/
Sifles671/
Shoifless670/
Soifils63111/
Seefels6320/
Chefles635/
Seifils634/
Shiflch631/
Suffles630/
Soisfils591/
Sefles5311/
Zefels5310/
Zaifils501/
Syphles500/

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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 Schiffels
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