Schälin Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Schälin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 92 | 1:89,271 | 9,885 |
| Sweden | 42 | 1:234,447 | 16,276 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Schalin (778) are calculated separately.
Schälin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schälin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schälin is found in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Schalin. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schälin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,537,949th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname Schälin is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schälin live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 89,271. In Switzerland Schälin is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Obwalden, where 70 percent reside, Canton of Lucerne, where 9 percent reside and Canton of St Gallen, where 8 percent reside. Barring Switzerland it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 31 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Schälin
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