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 last name Schwemer occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwemer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 527,543rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 11,868,967 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 73 percent of Schwemer live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Schwemer is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 435 people, or 1 in 185,070. In Germany it is primarily found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 45 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 14 percent are found and Hamburg, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Germany it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Schwemer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schwemer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 640 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schwemer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schwemer last name are 32.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 79.17% being registered to vote for 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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