Schofeld Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Schofeld Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 118 | 1:682,250 | 52,603 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Schofeld Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schofeld Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schofeld is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Schofeld? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,558,593rd most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname Schofeld occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Schofeld reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 682,250. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 44 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent are found and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 8 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.
Schofeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Schofeld has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schofeld last name declined 45 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Schofeld
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