Schoefs Surname
Approximately 568 people bear this surname
Schoefs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 535 | 1:21,489 | 3,331 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Schoefs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schoefs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schoefs is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Schoefs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 559,180th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. The last name Schoefs occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Schoefs reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 65 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 535 people, or 1 in 21,489. In Belgium Schoefs is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 69 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 30 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Belgium this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schofs | 92 | 31 | / |
| Schefs | 92 | 13 | / |
| Scheffs | 86 | 311 | / |
| Schaefs | 86 | 48 | / |
| Schoufs | 86 | 38 | / |
| Schoffs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schiefs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shofs | 83 | 3 | / |
| Scheifes | 80 | 81 | / |
| Sheffs | 77 | 19 | / |
| Schefz | 77 | 12 | / |
| Schows | 77 | 6 | / |
| Schafs | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shoebs | 77 | 2 | / |
| Schews | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sheefs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sheifs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Shiefs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sheafs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Shoffs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sefs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schoubs | 71 | 151 | / |
| Schaafs | 71 | 117 | / |
| Schouws | 71 | 116 | / |
| Schijfs | 71 | 47 | / |
| Schaebs | 71 | 39 | / |
| Scheffz | 71 | 4 | / |
| Schaffs | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sheiffs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shoyebs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schöpfs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schäffs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schiefz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shows | 67 | 3,789 | / |
| Szefs | 67 | 107 | / |
| Ceyfs | 67 | 14 | / |
| Shafs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Seifs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Saefs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shews | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scews | 67 | 0 | / |
| Siefs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Suefs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Schoefs
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