Sheffner Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Sheffner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheffner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Wales41:773,63329,106
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Sheffner Last Name Facts

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

Sheffner (Russian: Шеффнер) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheffner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sheffner is the 1,736,881st most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Sheffner live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 3,698,561. In The United States Sheffner is most common in: Missouri, where 24 percent live, California, where 23 percent live and Iowa, where 17 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 5 percent live and Wales, where 4 percent live.

Sheffner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sheffner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheffner surname grew 223 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sheffner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sheffner last name are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.54% being registered to vote for the party.

Sheffner earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.9% more than the national average, earning $50,011 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sheffner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sheffner in the Russian language
Шеффнерseffner-

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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
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  • 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 Sheffner
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