The Scharff surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,727 people carried this name — #15,551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 368 people named Scharff.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Scharff live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scharff.
- Schaming 227 · U.S. census
- Schandel 159 · U.S. census
- Schanen 264 · U.S. census
- Schang 270 · U.S. census
- Schar 423 · U.S. census
- Scharf 4,904 · U.S. census
- Schartner 319 · U.S. census
- Schatt 159 · U.S. census
- Schatz 6,250 · U.S. census
- Schaub 5,951 · U.S. census
- Schauber 180 · U.S. census
- Schauer 5,309 · U.S. census
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