Schierwater Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Schierwater Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 75 | 1:1,073,406 | 72,288 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
Schierwater Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schierwater Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schierwater is found most in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schierwater? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,168,711th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Schierwater are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Schierwater is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 1,073,406. In Germany Schierwater is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 53 percent live, Hamburg, where 15 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 13 percent live. Other than Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schirwater | 95 | 0 | / |
| Scherwater | 95 | 0 | / |
| Scheurwater | 91 | 1,067 | / |
| Sherwater | 90 | 1 | / |
| Shearwater | 86 | 15 | / |
| Schurwater | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sirwater | 84 | 1 | / |
| Sairwather | 76 | 1 | / |
| Sheerwati | 70 | 3 | / |
| Serveter | 63 | 4 | / |
| Servetter | 60 | 29 | / |
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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 Schierwater
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