Schäfli Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Schäfli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 328 | 1:25,039 | 3,924 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
The alternate forms: Schafli (84) are calculated separately.
Schäfli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäfli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schäfli is found most frequently in Switzerland. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Schafli. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäfli? popularity and diffusion
It is the 832,284th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Schäfli live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 25,039. In Switzerland Schäfli is primarily found in: Canton of Thurgau, where 53 percent live, Canton of St Gallen, where 13 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 12 percent live. Besides Switzerland this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Hong Kong, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schafli | 95 | 84 | / |
| Schäfle | 86 | 113 | / |
| Schöfli | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schiffli | 80 | 260 | / |
| Schäfler | 80 | 257 | / |
| Schaefli | 80 | 21 | / |
| Shafli | 77 | 19 | / |
| Chefli | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shefli | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shifli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schäffler | 75 | 4,853 | / |
| Schifelli | 75 | 0 | / |
| Schafle | 71 | 106 | / |
| Schefle | 71 | 35 | / |
| Schifle | 71 | 16 | / |
| Schifla | 71 | 11 | / |
| Schafly | 71 | 9 | / |
| Shiffli | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shaflei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shaflai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shäfler | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shaifli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sheflai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shiflit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Scuifli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schifillit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schefler | 67 | 439 | / |
| Safli | 67 | 248 | / |
| Schifler | 67 | 158 | / |
| Schaefle | 67 | 112 | / |
| Scheifla | 67 | 75 | / |
| Sofli | 67 | 55 | / |
| Schöpfle | 67 | 53 | / |
| Schaffle | 67 | 37 | / |
| Schifley | 67 | 31 | / |
| Schiefla | 67 | 18 | / |
| Sifli | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sefli | 67 | 11 | / |
| Scheifly | 67 | 9 | / |
| Schiflet | 67 | 5 | / |
| Shiflitt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Scheifle | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shafelli | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schiffle | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schoffle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schafley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schiefle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schepfle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schaeflé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scheufle | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scheffla | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scheffly | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schefley | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schaefly | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schoefle | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Schäfli
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