Schuwey Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Schuwey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 394 | 1:20,845 | 3,340 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Schuwey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schuwey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schuwey occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schuwey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 723,769th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The last name Schuwey occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Schuwey reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 394 people, or 1 in 20,845. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Fribourg, where 82 percent are found, Canton of Bern, where 4 percent are found and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Schuwey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Schuwey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schuwey surname expanded 500 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 Schuwey
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