Erwes Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Estonia

Erwes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erwes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1161:694,01353,217
Estonia121:110,15019,471
France121:5,535,227269,324
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Erwes (15) may also be a first name.

Erwes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Erwes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Erwes is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Erwes.

How Common Is The Last Name Erwes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,403,590th most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Erwes reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Erwes is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 15 people.

Erwes is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 694,013. In Germany Erwes is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 70 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent reside and Bremen, where 10 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 8 percent reside and France, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herwes911/
Erwess911/
Herwest838/
Herwees836/
Erbes804,206/
Erwis80460/
Erves80279/
Erwys803/
Arwes802/
Orwes801/
Ehrweiss771/
Herbes73604/
Herves73438/
Gerves73139/
Eruese73103/
Harwes7367/
Herwis7344/
Ervest7310/
Ervies735/
Erbesh734/
Arwesh734/
Ervões734/
Erveus731/
Eruest731/
Herwec731/
Eurves731/
Ervees731/
Erwetz731/
Arwees731/
Arweis731/
Ierves731/
Gerues731/
Erwise731/
Aerwais6715/
Herveus678/
Gerveis677/
Hervese674/
Harwees674/
Hervest674/
Hervies673/
Hervets672/
Herbesz671/
Arweesh671/
Gerwajs671/
Erweich671/
Hierves671/
Geerves671/
Herbees671/
Herbess670/
Herwech670/
Erwisch670/

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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 Erwes
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