Schwagele Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Schwagele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwagele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa951:570,29244,274
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

The alternate forms: Schwägele (75) are calculated separately.

Schwagele Last Name Facts

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

Schwagele is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Schwägele. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwagele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,658,108th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name Schwagele is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Schwagele live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 570,292. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 80 percent are found, Gauteng, where 9 percent are found and Western Cape, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Schwagele Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Schwagele earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 2.52% more than the national average, earning R 243,636 per year and in Canada they earn 11.9% less than the national average, earning $43,772 CAD 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
  • 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 Schwagele
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