Schwanson Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Schwanson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwanson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Schwanson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schwanson occurs most in Brazil. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwanson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Schwanson is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Schwanson are found; 88 percent are found in South America and 88 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name Schwanson is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 30,582,047. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 100 percent live. Excluding Brazil this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live.

Schwanson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schwanson has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Schwanson
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