Schäffauer Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Schäffauer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 134 | 1:600,787 | 48,250 |
| Austria | 29 | 1:293,636 | 33,260 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
The alternate forms: Schaffauer (13) are calculated separately.
Schäffauer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäffauer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schäffauer is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Schaffauer. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäffauer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,310,135th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schäffauer reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Schäffauer is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 600,787. In Germany it is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 90 percent live, Hesse, where 4 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent live. Apart from Germany it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 17 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaffauer | 97 | 13 | / |
| Schäfauer | 95 | 73 | / |
| Schäffhauer | 95 | 11 | / |
| Schiffauer | 90 | 159 | / |
| Schöffauer | 90 | 148 | / |
| Scheffauer | 90 | 142 | / |
| Schiffhauer | 86 | 604 | / |
| Schaeffauer | 86 | 4 | / |
| Schoeffauer | 86 | 2 | / |
| Scheffhauer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schifauer | 84 | 58 | / |
| Shiffauer | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schiefauer | 80 | 18 | / |
| Sciffhauer | 80 | 4 | / |
| Schifhauer | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shyoffauer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schiffhaur | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schiffauerová | 78 | 5 | / |
| Schiefhauer | 76 | 18 | / |
| Schiffhouer | 76 | 14 | / |
| Schiffheuer | 76 | 1 | / |
| Scheifhauer | 76 | 1 | / |
| Schiffhaure | 76 | 1 | / |
| Schiffour | 74 | 29 | / |
| Scheffier | 74 | 3 | / |
| Schiffier | 74 | 1 | / |
| Scheffeer | 74 | 1 | / |
| Schaffair | 74 | 0 | / |
| Schifauerová | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schaeffear | 70 | 0 | / |
| Sheifhauer | 70 | 0 | / |
| Schiphauwer | 67 | 47 | / |
| Schöffegger | 67 | 13 | / |
| Soffayer | 67 | 10 | / |
| Schefeer | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shaffeir | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chiffour | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cheffour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheffeur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schafear | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Schäffauer
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