Schweifer Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Schweifer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 217 | 1:39,242 | 6,314 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Hungary | 19 | 1:516,646 | 32,401 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Schweifer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schweifer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schweifer occurs more in Austria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Schweifer.
How Common Is The Last Name Schweifer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schweifer is the 937,786th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Schweifer are found; 87 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in Austria, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 39,242. In Austria Schweifer is most common in: Burgenland, where 53 percent live, Lower Austria, where 28 percent live and Vienna, where 15 percent live. Outside of Austria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 9 percent live and Hungary, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schweiffer | 95 | 19 | / |
| Schweifert | 95 | 1 | / |
| Schwefer | 94 | 148 | / |
| Schweihofer | 90 | 268 | / |
| Schweihefer | 90 | 2 | / |
| Schwaifer | 89 | 9 | / |
| Schuefer | 82 | 5 | / |
| Schwefeß | 82 | 5 | / |
| Shweifet | 82 | 2 | / |
| Schweffe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sweifert | 82 | 0 | / |
| Schuifer | 82 | 0 | / |
| Chwife | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chwefe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schwaihofer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Swifer | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schuepfer | 78 | 53 | / |
| Schwafert | 78 | 20 | / |
| Schueffer | 78 | 3 | / |
| Shweifi | 75 | 16 | / |
| Chwifeh | 75 | 10 | / |
| Zweifer | 75 | 3 | / |
| Swifert | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chwefeh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shuifer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shuefer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schwafe | 75 | 0 | / |
| Swife | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sweaffer | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sweifieh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sweesfer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sweify | 67 | 520 | / |
| Sweifi | 67 | 131 | / |
| Swefey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chuefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suifer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swafer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zweife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zwifer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shuefe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Schweifer
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