Schwanke Surname

73,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,718 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwanke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwanke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,4661:23,2273,078
United States2,1451:168,97917,102
Brazil8131:263,31410,129
Canada1481:248,95723,668
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
Poland301:1,266,95880,461
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
England81:6,964,757184,742
Croatia61:704,76744,411
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guam11:160,1214,893
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
France11:66,422,722504,397
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1271:395,42329,402

Schwanke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schwanke occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwanke? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 73,307th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,084,779 people. The surname Schwanke occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Schwanke are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Schwanke is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 3,466 people, or 1 in 23,227. In Germany Schwanke is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent are found and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Germany Schwanke occurs in 28 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Brazil, where 12 percent are found.

Schwanke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schwanke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,689 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Schwanke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schwanke surname are 20.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.42% being registered with the party.

The amount Schwanke earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.83% more than the national average, earning $44,801 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.93% less than the national average, earning $42,267 CAD per year.

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Schwanke Reference & Research

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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 Schwanke
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