von Schäeffer Surname
8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa
von Schäeffer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
The alternate forms: von Schaeffer (100) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| von Schaeffer | 97 | 100 | / |
| Vonschaeffer | 88 | 1 | / |
| von Schaffer | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vonsheffer | 87 | 1 | / |
| van Schaeffer | 85 | 1 | / |
| Viana Scheffer | 81 | 2 | / |
| Vansheffer | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vonesch Hofer | 69 | 1 | / |
| Fein Schaffer | 69 | 1 | / |
| Vanshafer | 64 | 0 | / |
| Phan-Schiffer | 62 | 3 | / |
| van Shafir | 61 | 25 | / |
| Vanschyver | 61 | 3 | / |
| Vanschiver | 61 | 1 | / |
| van Shiver | 61 | 0 | / |
| Vanschuiver | 58 | 1 | / |
| Vanshiver | 55 | 1 | / |
| Vanshaver | 55 | 1 | / |
| Vanshuyver | 52 | 2 | / |
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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 von Schäeffer
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