Sculfer Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Sculfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sculfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England61:9,286,343223,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Sculfer Last Name Facts

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

Sculfer occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sculfer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sculfer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Sculfer occurs mostly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Sculfer are found; 57 percent are found in Australasia and 57 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most commonly held in Australia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 3,374,463. In Australia Sculfer is most frequent in: South Australia, where 88 percent are found and New South Wales, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Australia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 43 percent are found.

Sculfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sculfer has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Sculfer surname grew 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schulfer93180/
Sulfer929/
Culfer923/
Schaulfer882/
Culfear8611/
Coulfer861/
Caulfer860/
Cullfer860/
Sculpher80128/
Zulfer77132/
Schulpher750/
Sulpher71104/
Culpher7112/
Cullpher670/
Soulpher670/
Zulferova631/
Zulfir629/
Zülfer621/
Zolfer620/
Zulfair571/
Zulpher571/

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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
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  • 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 Sculfer
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