Schlaffen Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Schlaffen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Schlaffen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Schlaffen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schlaffen is found in Israel more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Schlaffen.

How Common Is The Last Name Schlaffen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Schlaffen live; 67 percent live in West Asia and 67 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.

The last name Schlaffen is most commonly held in Israel, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,426,272. In Israel it is most frequent in: Central District, where 83 percent live and Southern District, where 17 percent live. Excluding Israel this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Schlaffen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schlaffen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schlafen9440/
Claffen881/
Clauffen822/
Clafehn7510/
Claffin753/
Claufen752/
Shlafin751/
Cloffen750/
Sleffen750/
Clafin6746/
Clofen6713/
Slafin671/
Shlehofen670/
Sclehofen670/
Sellhaufen631/
Claphen631/
Slephen503/
Claphin500/
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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 Schlaffen
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