Schweder Surname

220,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,849 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schweder Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schweder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8251:97,58212,152
United States4331:837,08863,980
Brazil3441:622,30923,116
Canada1061:347,60031,502
Austria521:163,75821,504
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Norway231:223,57824,793
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

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

Schweder Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schweder is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Schwéder. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schweder? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 220,856th most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,941,344 people. The surname Schweder is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Schweder reside; 48 percent reside in Western Europe and 47 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Schweder is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 825 people, or 1 in 97,582. In Germany Schweder is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent live, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 19 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and Brazil, where 19 percent live.

Schweder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schweder has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schweder surname expanded 817 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Schweder Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schweder surname are 25.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.95% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Schweder earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 9.09% less than the national average, earning 314,630 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.75% more than the national average, earning $47,354 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.32% less than the national average, earning $45,055 CAD per year.

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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 Schweder
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