Scherwitz Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Scherwitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scherwitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:3,815,357209,650
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Scherwitz Last Name Facts

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

Scherwitz has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scherwitz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Scherwitz is the 1,244,200th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Scherwitz are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Scherwitz is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 3,815,357. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 53 percent live, Michigan, where 14 percent live and Wisconsin, where 11 percent live. Beside The United States Scherwitz is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 23 percent live and South Africa, where 11 percent live.

Scherwitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Scherwitz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scherwitz last name rose 413 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scherwitz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scherwitz surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Scherwitz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.39% less than the national average, earning R 29,976 per year and in United States they earn 26.8% more than the national average, earning $54,715 USD per year.

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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 Scherwitz
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