Schwacke Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwacke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwacke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2351:342,57633,517
United States1371:2,645,686159,417
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
England11:55,718,059489,080
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

The alternate forms: Schwäcke (9) are calculated separately.

Schwacke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schwacke is found most frequently in Germany. It can also appear as a variant: Schwäcke. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwacke? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 726,304th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Schwacke are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 342,576. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 64 percent are found, Hesse, where 18 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.

Schwacke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schwacke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schwacke surname expanded 457 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schwacke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schwacke last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Schwacke earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 51.62% more than the national average, earning R 360,300 per year and in United States they earn 35.76% more than the national average, earning $58,580 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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  • 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 Schwacke
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