Schweighöfer Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Schweighöfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 396 | 1:203,297 | 23,268 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Schweighofer (4,180) are calculated separately.
Schweighöfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schweighöfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schweighöfer is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Schweighofer. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schweighöfer? popularity and diffusion
Schweighöfer is the 726,304th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schweighöfer are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 203,297. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent are found, Bavaria, where 26 percent are found and Hesse, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 1 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schweighofer | 97 | 4,180 | / |
| Schwieghöfer | 92 | 1 | / |
| Schweighoffer | 88 | 181 | / |
| Schweighoefer | 88 | 39 | / |
| Schweghofer | 87 | 1 | / |
| Schwighofer | 87 | 1 | / |
| Schweighoeffer | 85 | 104 | / |
| Schwaighofer | 83 | 2,239 | / |
| Schveighoffer | 80 | 26 | / |
| Schwieghoffer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sweighoefer | 78 | 2 | / |
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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 Schweighöfer
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