Sclanders Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sclanders Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Sclanders 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
South Africa2681:202,15621,624
England251:2,228,72284,230
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland471:79,6434,400
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821
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Sclanders Demographics

Sclanders Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 6 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Sclanders Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sclanders is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sclanders? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 832,284th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Sclanders reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 202,156. In South Africa Sclanders is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 76 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and Western Cape, where 4 percent live. Besides South Africa it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Sclanders Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sclanders has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sclanders surname expanded 625 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 98 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sclanders Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Sclanders surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Sclanders earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.26% more than the national average, earning R 380,832 per year.

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
Schlanders951/
Slanders9456/
Clanders9412/
Sklanders892/
Slaunders891/
Sellanders842/
Zlanders821/
Clonders820/
Gillanders741,852/
Gillianders700/

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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 Sclanders
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