Schijff Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Schijff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 183 | 1:92,280 | 15,166 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Schijff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schijff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schijff is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Schijff.
How Common Is The Last Name Schijff? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,231,034th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname Schijff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Schijff are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 92,280. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Holland, where 35 percent live, South Holland, where 30 percent live and Utrecht, where 10 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Schijff
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