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 surname Schuwey is more frequently found in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Schuwey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 723,769th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname Schuwey is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Schuwey reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is held by 394 people, or 1 in 20,845. In Switzerland it is primarily found 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. Outside of Switzerland this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Schuwey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schuwey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schuwey last name increased 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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