Schwaer Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwaer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwaer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1801:447,25339,773
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Schwaer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schwaer is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Schwaer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwaer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,194,481st most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. Schwaer occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Schwaer reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 447,253. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 83 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 4 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Schwaer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schwaer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schwaer surname increased 280 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schwaer Last Name Statistics demography

Schwaer earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.37% more than the national average, earning $50,646 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 Schwaer
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