Schwaf Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Schwaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Schwaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schwaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schwaf occurs most in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schwaf? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Schwaf reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Schwaf is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 4,025,273. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Outside of Germany it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live.
Schwaf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Schwaf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schwaf surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schwaff | 92 | 14 | / |
| Schwaaf | 92 | 10 | / |
| Schwafe | 92 | 0 | / |
| Shwaf | 91 | 154 | / |
| Schwav | 83 | 3 | / |
| Schbaf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Schuaf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Swaf | 80 | 280 | / |
| Schwaub | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schuapf | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schuaff | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schwuab | 77 | 0 | / |
| Swaif | 73 | 23 | / |
| Swafe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Swaff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Swaft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shuaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sweaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schwaaab | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schwob | 67 | 3,121 | / |
| Schuab | 67 | 473 | / |
| Schvab | 67 | 217 | / |
| Schwáb | 67 | 116 | / |
| Schbab | 67 | 9 | / |
| Suhowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Schuav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suhaff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schwób | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shwaab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shuaff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sxhwab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shwaiv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shvaif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schwov | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Schwaf
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