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Scharf is a surname of German origin and Irish origin. is found throughout Germany as well as the U.S. and many other countries. The Irish version of the surname is found almost exclusively in Canada, Australia, and (Scharf's of Irish ancestry who never left) Ireland. In Ireland, the Scharf families were originally found to inhabit County Kerry and County Limerick. In modern day they are found in County Kilkenny County Carlow.〔(), (), ()〕 The Scharf families of Germanic origin can trace their ancestral home to Bavaria, which is in the Southeast of modern day Germany. As of today, the Germanic Scharf family is spread quite evenly over all of Germany. It is an "eke" name; i.e., it describes a physical attribute. In this case it means the original bearer was sharp-witted.〔(Scharf Family Crest ), ()〕 There are two explanations of how the Scharf family came to Ireland. The most common is that they are indigenous to Ireland and were part of the ''Ó Murchadha'' branch of the McMorrough Clan. After the breakdown of the McMorrough clan, they adopted the ''Ó Murchadha'' family name, which is in the Irish language. ''Ó Murchadha'' was usually translated into the surname Murphy but a select few families chose the O'Scarflain translation. The second theory of how the O'Scarflain family came to Ireland is that they are the ancestors of invading Vikings that eventually settled in Ireland, known as Norse Gaels. The Viking invasions of Ireland ended with many Viking staying in Ireland and becoming gaelicized. It is believed that one of the Invading Danish Viking carried the relatively common Nordic name of "Skarf". This would have eventually been anglicized into Scharf. After Oliver Cromwell invaded and reconquered Ireland, Prejudicial laws were enacted by the British. The Statues of Kilkenny banned the (including names in Irish) Irish language in most of Leinster. With the O'Scarflain also living in Leinster they, as well as most Indigenous Irish, Anglicized their name to become even more English. O'Scarflain was anglicized to the names Scharf, Scarf, Scarriff, O'Scharf, and O'Scarriff. *Caleb Scharf, an American astronomer and the director of the multidisciplinary Columbia Astrobiology Center *Dorothy Scharf (1942&s;2004), a reclusive art collector who left 51 valuable paintings to the Courtauld Institute *Eddy Scharf (born 1953), a German professional poker player *George Johann Scharf (1788–1860), a water color painter, draughtsman and lithographer *George Scharf KCB (1820–1895), British art critic, illustrator, and director of the National Portrait Gallery *Henry Scharf (1822–1887), an illustrator, Shakespearean actor, and a professor of elocution *Johannes Scharf (1765–1794), an Austrian botanical illustrator and engraver who worked with Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin *John Thomas Scharf (1843–1898), a United States historian, author, journalist, politician *Kenny Scharf (born 1958), an American painter living in Brooklyn, New York *Kurt Scharf (1902–1990), a German clergyman and bishop of the Evangelical Church in Germany *Mark Scharf (born 1956), an American playwright, actor and teacher *Michael Scharf (born 1963), Professor of Law, Director of the Summer Institute for Global Justice *Nick Scharf (1858–1937), an American professional baseball player *Roman Scharf, the president and co-founder of VoIP company Jajah *Shlomo Scharf, a Polish/Israeli football manager *Stuart Scharf (ca. 1941–2007), an American composer, guitarist, and philosopher *Ted Scharf (born 1951), a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player *Walter Scharf (1910–2003), an American film composer == See also == * ''Scharff, Scharffs'' * ''Scharpf, Scharpff''〔:de:Scharpff〕 * ''Sharp'' * ''Sharpe'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scharf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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