Scharf is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Scharf
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Scharf

How popular is Scharf?

Scharf is common in Germany.

Scharf is ranked 20430 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Scharfs plummeted by 0.06117455 per cent to 4901 since 2000 and slipped by 466 spots and ranked at 6864. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.67 97.04
Hispanic or Latino 1.43 1.31
Others 1.31 0.9
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.94 0.45
Scharf is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Austria is ahead in terms of density. Around 25404 people have been found who wears Scharf as their family name. Scharf is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,031 China6
46,707 New Zealand5
4,096 Dominican Republic3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
21,529 Singapore2
18,625 Japan2
4,104 South Korea2
14,004 Hungary2
19,093 Finland2
26,532 Chile2
28,083 Romania2
24,771 Colombia1
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
66,560 Philippines1
31,207 Ireland1
31,584 Peru1
38,841 Scotland1
810,193 Indonesia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
21,562 Portugal1
492,292 Ukraine1
3,275 Nepal1
19,533 Uruguay1
2,935 Madagascar1
28,365 Kenya1
1,970 Grenada1
165,773 Belarus1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,674 Spain44
57,220 Netherlands27
406,964 Russia14
4,338 Costa Rica12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
20,785 Belgium82
7,609 Denmark79
72,056 Italy78
26,491 Czech Republic57
Countries with hundreds of Scharf:
1,744 Israel648
18,360 South Africa329
38,971 France257
28,734 Poland191
28,040 England167
15,893 Australia167
7,758 Switzerland153
36,751 Argentina134
7,185 Sweden131
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Scharf:
5,972 United States6,536
8,536 Brazil1,622
503 Austria1,441
3,899 Canada1,181
Countries with ten thousands of Scharf:
539 Germany11,902
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Comments

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Fatimah Googe
Scharf is an Alsace-Lorraine name, nickname designating a rough man, intractable.

Scharf Namesakes

  • Adolf Schärf, Austrian Politician
  • Stuart Scharf, Composer
  • Caleb Scharf, Author
  • Kenny Scharf, Visual artist
  • Gilbert Woodrow Scharffs, Author
  • Kenny Scharf, Visual artist
  • Stuart Scharf, Composer
  • Edythe Scharfstein, Author
  • Paul Scharf, Pornographic actor
  • Werner Scharf, Actor
  • Claudia Flo Scharf played key role of Lana in 2012 music movie Berlin Dance Battle 3D.
  • In 2012, Adam Scharf portrayed the role of Franklin in drama film The Congressman's Dinner.

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