Schiffner Surname

113,569th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,073 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schiffner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schiffner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,8481:28,2673,723
United States6351:570,80146,844
Canada2101:175,45517,539
Austria1921:44,3517,087
Brazil811:2,642,89379,412
Czechia301:354,44942,602
France261:2,554,720189,486
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Schiffner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schiffner is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schiffner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 113,569th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,789,233 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Schiffner reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Schiffner is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 2,848 people, or 1 in 28,267. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 17 percent are found, Bavaria, where 13 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Germany Schiffner is found in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Schiffner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schiffner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schiffner last name expanded 2,048 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schiffner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schiffner surname are 27.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.88% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Schiffner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 43.54% less than the national average, earning 195,382 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.81% more than the national average, earning $46,521 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.72% more than the national average, earning $58,982 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 Schiffner
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