Schwarzenburg Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Schwarzenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwarzenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Schwarzenburg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schwarzenburg has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Schwarzenburg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwarzenburg? popularity and diffusion

Schwarzenburg is the 3,543,123rd most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Schwarzenburg occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schwarzenburg reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 80 percent reside, Brandenburg, where 8 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 4 percent reside. Besides Germany Schwarzenburg is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 16 percent reside and Switzerland, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Schwarzenburg
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