Schorfield Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Schorfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schorfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:2,653,24194,788
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Schorfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schorfield is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schorfield? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,882,373rd most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Schorfield live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 2,653,241. In England Schorfield is primarily found in: Greater London, where 52 percent reside, West Yorkshire, where 38 percent reside and Worcestershire, where 5 percent reside. Not including England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.

Schorfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schorfield has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Schorfield surname rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 79 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
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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 Schorfield
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