Schwedes Surname

306,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwedes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwedes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,0531:76,4539,677
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
Australia321:843,61652,533
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Schwedes Last Name Facts

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

Schwedes occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Schwedes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwedes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 306,572nd most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,910,418 people. The last name Schwedes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Schwedes live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,053 people, or 1 in 76,453. In Germany Schwedes is most common in: Hesse, where 43 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 28 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Schwedes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schwedes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schwedes surname expanded 853 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schwedes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schwedes last name are 30.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.27% being registered to vote for the political party.

Schwedes earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.93% more than the national average, earning $54,771 USD 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
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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 Schwedes
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