Scoffham Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Scoffham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scoffham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1681:331,65524,447
France71:9,488,960336,266
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:413,14224,536

Scoffham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scoffham is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Scoffham? popularity and diffusion

Scoffham is the 1,244,200th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Scoffham live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 331,655. In England it is most common in: Warwickshire, where 40 percent live, West Midlands, where 24 percent live and West Sussex, where 5 percent live. Beside England this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Scoffham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scoffham has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Scoffham last name increased 285 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schoffham944/
Coffham931/
Scoffam930/
Schoffam8813/
Skoffham881/
Scoffhan880/
Coffam860/
Scoffom8016/
Sofam775/
Seuffham751/
Copham7172/
Sopham710/
Scaffan672/
Sopheam671/
Coffeim670/
Souffom670/
Scoffone63300/
Safam62312/
Capham5723/
Safaim5710/
Sapham574/
Sophom573/
Jopham570/
Sahavam536/
Scofone534/
Djoufam531/
Zoffoum531/
Seupham530/
Scaffone503/

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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 Scoffham
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