Schofields Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Schofields Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Schofields 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
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Schofields Last Name Facts

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

Schofields occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Schofields click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schofields? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Schofields occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Schofields reside; 50 percent reside in Australasia and 50 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Schofields is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 6,748,925. In Australia Schofields is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 75 percent live and Victoria, where 25 percent live. Not including Australia Schofields is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Schofields Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schofields has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Schofields last name declined 25 percent between 1881 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
Scofields953/
Schofilds951/
Sheffields806/
Shivelds781/
Shofel-Dassa731/
Scheflets630/

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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 Schofields
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