Sciau Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Sciau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sciau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France761:873,983102,402
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sciau Last Name Facts

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

Sciau occurs most in France. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sciau? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sciau is the 2,121,169th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Sciau reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Sciau is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 873,983. In France it is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 37 percent live, Occitanie, where 34 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 24 percent live. Without taking into account France it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schiau911,226/
Sciaux9170/
Sciaou911/
Siau894,097/
Schiaus830/
Chiau8016,349/
Shiau80898/
Siaud80360/
Siaut8076/
Hsiau8058/
Siaou8042/
Siaux8032/
Siaus8031/
Tsiau805/
Siauh801/
Siaup801/
Siahou73130/
Şchiau7370/
Șchiau7345/
Saiyau7338/
Cajiau7330/
Tshiau733/
Scioux733/
Siaheu732/
Sihaou731/
Siaoup731/
Cuiyau731/
Saiiau731/
Jiau67147/
Tsiaous6779/
Ziau6757/
Syau6723/
Chiahou6720/
Tsiahou675/
Xiau675/
Tshiahu674/
Saiyaud673/
Chihaou672/
Siahaou671/
Sihahou671/
Saiyaou671/
Shaiyau671/
Chaiyau671/

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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 Sciau
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