Schwaß Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Schwaß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 339 | 1:237,479 | 26,122 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Schwa (30) & Schwà (1) are calculated separately.
Schwaß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schwaß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schwaß is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Schwa or Schwà. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schwaß? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 820,032nd most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. Schwaß occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schwaß are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Schwaß is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 237,479. In Germany Schwaß is primarily concentrated in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 49 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Schwaß
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