Schäfers Surname
Approximately 6,037 people bear this surname
Schäfers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,987 | 1:13,447 | 1,753 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Schafers (358) are calculated separately.
Schäfers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäfers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schäfers occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Schafers. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäfers? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 80,630th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,207,147 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schäfers reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Schäfers is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 5,987 people, or 1 in 13,447. In Germany Schäfers is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 84 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 4 percent are found and Hesse, where 2 percent are found. Barring Germany it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent are found and Switzerland, 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 Schäfers
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