Schlufter Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schlufter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schlufter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1741:462,67540,671
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Schlüfter (31) are calculated separately.

Schlufter Last Name Facts

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

Schlufter has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur as a variant: Schlüfter. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schlufter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,222,957th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The last name Schlufter is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Schlufter are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Schlufter is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 462,675. In Germany Schlufter is most common in: Thuringia, where 53 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live and Hesse, where 10 percent live. Barring Germany this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Schlufter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schlufter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schlufter last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schlufter Last Name Statistics demography

Schlufter earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.96% more than the national average, earning $66,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schlüfter9631/
Schluefter956/
Schlfter942/
Schlifter8942/
Schliefter840/
Schleifter840/
Schlveter785/
Schlowter780/
Slifter751/
Slowter6342/

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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 Schlufter
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