Schöftner Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Schöftner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Schöftner Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria2281:37,3486,035
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Schöftner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schöftner Come From? nationality or country of origin

Schöftner is most common in Austria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Schöftner.

How Common Is The Last Name Schöftner? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,038,570th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schöftner reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Schöftner is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 37,348. In Austria Schöftner is primarily concentrated in: Upper Austria, where 100 percent live and Lower Austria, where 0 percent live. Outside of Austria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 5 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scheftner89185/
Schäftner89116/
Schaftner8936/
Schoeftner848/
Schaeftner842/
Shaftner8259/
Sheftner8212/
Shoftner821/
Saftner7576/
Seftner7548/
Softner752/
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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 Schöftner
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