Schäpe Surname
Approximately 393 people bear this surname
Schäpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 391 | 1:205,896 | 23,473 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Schape (9) are calculated separately.
Schäpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schäpe has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur as: Schape. For other possible spellings of Schäpe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäpe? popularity and diffusion
Schäpe is the 735,823rd most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 18,543,374 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schäpe are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 205,896. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found, Brandenburg, where 12 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 10 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Schäpe
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