Scritch Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

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

Scritch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scritch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1511:358,79332,710
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Scritch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scritch is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scritch? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,403,590th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Scritch live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 358,793. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 99 percent live, Gauteng, where 1 percent live and Western Cape, where 1 percent live. Apart from South Africa Scritch occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Scritch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Scritch has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scritch last name contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scritch Last Name Statistics demography

Scritch earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.95% less than the national average, earning R 76,152 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scrich9219/
Skritch8643/
Scritsh8610/
Scriche864/
Craitch861/
Scrutch861/
Chritch861/
Screetch8028/
Skrich778/
Scrihs772/
Sretch772/
Scrish771/
Screch770/
Screech71493/
Skretch7130/
Shritkh712/
Skrgich712/
Skritsh711/
Scraitz711/
Creatch711/
Creetch711/
Screach710/
Scris673/
Screites671/
Skritshe671/

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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 Scritch
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