Schäferling Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schäferling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schäferling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2181:369,29135,132
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

The alternate forms: Schaferling (6) are calculated separately.

Schäferling Last Name Facts

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

Schäferling occurs most in Germany. It can appear as a variant: Schaferling. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schäferling? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,104,724th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schäferling live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 369,291. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 78 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 1 percent are found and New Zealand, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Schäferling
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