Schäff Surname
Approximately 393 people bear this surname
Schäff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 390 | 1:206,424 | 23,524 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Schäff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schäff is most common in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Schäff click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäff? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 735,823rd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 18,543,374 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schäff reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 390 people, or 1 in 206,424. In Germany it is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 82 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 9 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent live. Not including Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Hungary, where 0 percent live.
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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 Schäff
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