Schwemer Surname

527,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 614 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwemer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwemer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4351:185,07021,565
United States1601:2,265,368141,469
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
England31:18,572,686338,250
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Schwemer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schwemer is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwemer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schwemer is the 527,543rd most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 11,868,967 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Schwemer are found; 72 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Schwemer is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 435 people, or 1 in 185,070. In Germany Schwemer is mostly found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 45 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live and Hamburg, where 11 percent live. Other than Germany Schwemer occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Schwemer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schwemer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schwemer surname rose 640 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schwemer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Schwemer are 32.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 79.17% being registered with the party.

Schwemer earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.28% more than the national average, earning $52,762 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
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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 Schwemer
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