Schriefers Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schriefers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schriefers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1811:444,78239,627
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Schriefers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schriefers occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schriefers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schriefers is the 1,222,957th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Schriefers reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 444,782. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found and Bavaria, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schrievers90230/
Schreifers902/
Schrivers8421/
Schrevers8414/
Schroevers80511/
Schryvers74530/
Schrovers741/
Schraverus70124/
Schriffres702/
Schryvrs672/

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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 Schriefers
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