Schwarze Surname

32,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,548 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwarze Surname Definition:

SCHWARS, SCHWARTZ: From Germany. German, black.

Schwarze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany14,5271:5,542668
United States1,2841:282,28926,289
Australia2111:127,94213,963
Netherlands1101:153,52022,896
Canada681:541,84745,466
Chile501:352,3299,825
Switzerland431:190,99816,977
Luxembourg401:14,5143,173
Austria331:258,04330,255
England291:1,921,31276,208
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
France141:4,744,480251,814
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Norway81:642,78647,258
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:881,03053,642

The alternate forms: Schwärze (1) are calculated separately.

Schwarze (67) may also be a first name.

Schwarze Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

SCHWARS, SCHWARTZ: From Germany. German, black.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Schwarze Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schwarze is found most frequently in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms: Schwärze. For other possible spellings of Schwarze click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwarze? popularity and diffusion

Schwarze is the 32,204th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 440,388 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Schwarze live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,191,548th most frequently held forename globally, borne by 67 people.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 14,527 people, or 1 in 5,542. In Germany Schwarze is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 23 percent live and Saxony, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 41 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Schwarze Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schwarze has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schwarze surname rose 2,253 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 414 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Schwarze Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schwarze last name are 7.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.34% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Schwarze earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.71% more than the national average, earning 410,824 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 90.48% more than the national average, earning R 452,652 per year; in United States they earn 7.74% more than the national average, earning $46,489 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.95% more than the national average, earning $61,084 CAD per year.

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Schwarze Reference & Research

Schwartz DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Schwartz FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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