Schurf Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Schurf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Schürf (48) are calculated separately.
Schurf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schurf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schurf is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Schürf. For other possible spellings of Schurf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schurf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schurf live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 2,683,515. In Germany Schurf is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 20 percent are found and Bavaria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schürf | 94 | 48 | / |
| Schurpf | 92 | 34 | / |
| Schurff | 92 | 10 | / |
| Schuerf | 92 | 2 | / |
| Shurf | 91 | 4 | / |
| Churf | 91 | 1 | / |
| Schuerpf | 86 | 11 | / |
| Schuerff | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schirf | 83 | 203 | / |
| Schorf | 83 | 13 | / |
| Cheurf | 83 | 3 | / |
| Churff | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shurfs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Schurv | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shurff | 83 | 0 | / |
| Surf | 80 | 366 | / |
| Schürpf | 77 | 324 | / |
| Schirpf | 77 | 6 | / |
| Schorff | 77 | 4 | / |
| Schorpf | 77 | 2 | / |
| Schierf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schoerf | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schirff | 77 | 0 | / |
| Shorf | 73 | 59 | / |
| Shurb | 73 | 52 | / |
| Shirf | 73 | 22 | / |
| Saurf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Shurv | 73 | 4 | / |
| Surfs | 73 | 3 | / |
| Surff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ssurf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Surft | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schierff | 71 | 40 | / |
| Schoerpf | 71 | 9 | / |
| Schurhvs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schoerff | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shourb | 67 | 80 | / |
| Shorff | 67 | 16 | / |
| Shirff | 67 | 14 | / |
| Shourv | 67 | 5 | / |
| Shaurv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shurbh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scorpf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schorw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scorff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shurwz | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Schurf
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