Schwagten Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Schwagten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Schwagten Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium621:185,43024,739
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289

Schwagten Last Name Facts

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

Schwagten has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Schwagten click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwagten? popularity and diffusion

Schwagten is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schwagten reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Schwagten is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 185,430. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Belgium this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 33 percent reside and Croatia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swagten8882/
Schwachten842/
Schwechten7443/
Schwichten744/
Swectin500/

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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 Schwagten
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