Schlafer Surname
Approximately 712 people bear this surname
Schlafer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 623 | 1:581,796 | 47,615 |
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 103 | 1:487,560 | 34,505 |
The alternate forms: Schläfer (863) & Schláfer (2) are calculated separately.
Schlafer Demographics
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Schlafer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schlafer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schlafer is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Schläfer or Schláfer. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schlafer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 471,234th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,235,317 people. The last name Schlafer occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Schlafer live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 581,796. In The United States Schlafer is most frequent in: Wisconsin, where 21 percent are found, New York, where 14 percent are found and California, where 12 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 8 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 3 percent are found.
Schlafer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Schlafer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 605 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Schlafer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Schlafer are 6.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.44% registered to vote for the political party.
Schlafer earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.45% more than the national average, earning $49,815 USD 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
- 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 Schlafer
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