Schwarter Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Schwarter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Schwärter (28) are calculated separately.
Schwarter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schwarter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schwarter is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Schwärter. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schwarter? popularity and diffusion
Schwarter is the 3,602,217th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Schwarter live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,981,684. In Germany Schwarter is most frequent in: Bremen, where 89 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent live. Apart from Germany Schwarter exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Denmark, where 3 percent live.
Schwarter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Schwarter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schwarter last name decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schwärter | 96 | 28 | / |
| Schwearter | 95 | 1 | / |
| Schwarther | 95 | 0 | / |
| Schwarte | 94 | 2,553 | / |
| Schwerter | 89 | 864 | / |
| Schwartje | 89 | 52 | / |
| Schwartes | 89 | 5 | / |
| Schwartez | 89 | 4 | / |
| Swarter | 88 | 75 | / |
| Schwerdter | 84 | 28 | / |
| Schuarte | 82 | 8 | / |
| Schwarty | 82 | 4 | / |
| Schwarta | 82 | 4 | / |
| Schworte | 82 | 1 | / |
| Swartger | 82 | 0 | / |
| Swarte | 80 | 302 | / |
| Schuartes | 78 | 15 | / |
| Schuerter | 78 | 1 | / |
| Zwarter | 75 | 74 | / |
| Svarter | 75 | 30 | / |
| Swarthe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Chuarte | 75 | 2 | / |
| Swartte | 75 | 2 | / |
| Swartez | 75 | 1 | / |
| Swerter | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chuartes | 71 | 29 | / |
| Suhartie | 71 | 21 | / |
| Schuarti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Souharte | 71 | 1 | / |
| Swarttey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Swarti | 67 | 526 | / |
| Suarte | 67 | 328 | / |
| Swarta | 67 | 46 | / |
| Svarte | 67 | 37 | / |
| Schuartis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Swarty | 67 | 3 | / |
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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
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- 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 Schwarter
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