Schawarz Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Schawarz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Schawarz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schawarz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schawarz occurs most in Austria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Schawarz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Schawarz is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Schawarz reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 327,517. In Austria Schawarz is primarily found in: Carinthia, where 96 percent live and Lower Austria, where 4 percent live. Besides Austria this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent live and Brazil, where 12 percent live.
Schawarz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Schawarz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schawarz surname fell 81 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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- 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 Schawarz
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