Schweier Surname

437,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 785 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schweier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schweier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6191:130,05715,842
United States631:5,753,316282,354
Canada411:898,67368,969
Hungary241:409,01227,854
Austria211:405,49741,758
Slovakia111:485,13257,527
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Schweier Last Name Facts

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

Schweier is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schweier? popularity and diffusion

It is the 437,080th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,283,498 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Schweier are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Schweier is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 619 people, or 1 in 130,057. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 63 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 20 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Schweier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schweier has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 217 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schweier Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schweier surname are 34.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80.95% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Schweier earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 20.49% less than the national average, earning $34,306 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.68% less than the national average, earning $39,904 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
  • 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 Schweier
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