Schäferlein Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Schäferlein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Schaferlein (3) are calculated separately.
Schäferlein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäferlein Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schäferlein occurs most in Germany. It can occur as a variant: Schaferlein. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäferlein? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Schäferlein are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 75 percent reside, Hesse, where 17 percent reside and Thuringia, where 8 percent reside. Barring Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent reside and Sweden, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaferlein | 97 | 3 | / |
| Schäfferlein | 96 | 31 | / |
| Schaeferlein | 87 | 0 | / |
| Schifferlien | 78 | 0 | / |
| Seiferlein | 76 | 143 | / |
| Seuferlein | 76 | 16 | / |
| Siferlen | 74 | 1 | / |
| Seifferlein | 73 | 124 | / |
| Seufferlein | 73 | 80 | / |
| Sedfferlein | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sifferlen | 70 | 304 | / |
| Sefferlen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Siferline | 70 | 0 | / |
| Sifferlien | 67 | 9 | / |
| Siefferlen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Seifferlien | 64 | 1 | / |
| Seferlan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Seffarlen | 60 | 0 | / |
| Saffarlen | 60 | 0 | / |
| Seiferlynh | 57 | 6 | / |
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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 Schäferlein
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