Where Does The Last Name Schoft Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Schoft is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Schöft. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schoft? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Schoft is the 2,605,694^th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Schoft reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Schoft is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 1,750,119. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 17 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and Czechia, where 4 percent reside.

Schoft Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Schoft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schoft surname fell 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.