Schijff Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Schijff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 183 | 1:92,280 | 15,166 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Schijff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schijff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schijff is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schijff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,231,034th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Schijff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Schijff are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 92,280. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 35 percent reside, South Holland, where 30 percent reside and Utrecht, where 10 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Schijff
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