Schäffter Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Schäffter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 58 | 1:1,388,025 | 86,120 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Schaffter (1,314) are calculated separately.
Schäffter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäffter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schäffter is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Schaffter. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäffter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schäffter is the 2,506,728th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schäffter are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 1,388,025. In Germany Schäffter is most frequent in: Brandenburg, where 31 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 26 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaffter | 96 | 1,314 | / |
| Schäfter | 94 | 299 | / |
| Scheffter | 89 | 74 | / |
| Schiffter | 89 | 57 | / |
| Schöffter | 89 | 2 | / |
| Schoeffter | 84 | 218 | / |
| Schaeffter | 84 | 57 | / |
| Schaiffter | 84 | 0 | / |
| Schefter | 82 | 600 | / |
| Schifter | 82 | 566 | / |
| Schafter | 82 | 112 | / |
| Schyfter | 82 | 9 | / |
| Shaffter | 82 | 8 | / |
| Shiffter | 82 | 1 | / |
| Schofter | 82 | 0 | / |
| Schaefter | 78 | 22 | / |
| Schoefter | 78 | 9 | / |
| Scheifter | 78 | 1 | / |
| Schiefter | 78 | 1 | / |
| Schaafter | 78 | 0 | / |
| Schafteer | 78 | 0 | / |
| Shafter | 75 | 494 | / |
| Shifter | 75 | 219 | / |
| Shefter | 75 | 168 | / |
| Schefte | 75 | 84 | / |
| Chefter | 75 | 37 | / |
| Schafte | 75 | 34 | / |
| Shofter | 75 | 20 | / |
| Schifte | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chifter | 75 | 2 | / |
| Shyfter | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schiffta | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shiftier | 71 | 2 | / |
| Schiwter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schaefte | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shaefter | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sifter | 67 | 387 | / |
| Safter | 67 | 229 | / |
| Shefte | 67 | 84 | / |
| Sefter | 67 | 50 | / |
| Shafte | 67 | 19 | / |
| Softer | 67 | 17 | / |
| Shifte | 67 | 10 | / |
| Cifter | 67 | 5 | / |
| Schowtter | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shifftett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seiffeter | 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
- 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 Schäffter
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