Schweiter Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Schweiter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schweiter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States971:3,736,690206,520
Switzerland401:205,32317,881
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Schweiter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schweiter occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Schweiter.

How Common Is The Last Name Schweiter? popularity and diffusion

The surname Schweiter is the 1,465,390th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. Schweiter occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Schweiter reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 3,736,690. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Washington, where 23 percent are found, California, where 16 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Schweiter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schweiter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schweiter last name increased 1,617 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schweiter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schweiter surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.

Schweiter earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.29% more than the national average, earning $54,061 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
  • 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 Schweiter
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