Schweimler Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schweimler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schweimler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany851:947,12366,306
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England41:13,929,515290,718
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Schweimler Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schweimler is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schweimler? popularity and diffusion

Schweimler is the 1,871,545th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Schweimler occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Schweimler live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 947,123. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 56 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 18 percent live and Hamburg, where 8 percent live. Besides Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Schweimler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schweimler has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Schweimler last name fell 14 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Schweimler
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