Schiffers Surname

179,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Monaco

Schiffers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schiffers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,9011:42,3495,567
Netherlands2211:76,41312,925
Belgium531:216,91827,806
United States521:6,970,364322,914
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Poland271:1,407,73183,680
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
France91:7,380,302306,885
England71:7,959,723202,100
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Monaco11:37,0664,748
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Schiffers Last Name Facts

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

Schiffers is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schiffers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 179,783rd most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,072,321 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Schiffers reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,901 people, or 1 in 42,349. In Germany Schiffers is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 89 percent are found, Bavaria, where 3 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent are found. Beside Germany Schiffers occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 9 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.

Schiffers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schiffers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schiffers surname rose 473 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schiffers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schiffers last name are 14.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.54% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Schiffers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.12% less than the national average, earning R 73,392 per year; in United States they earn 3.84% more than the national average, earning $44,806 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.33% less than the national average, earning $43,060 CAD per year.

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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 Schiffers
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