Schwencke Surname

389,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 910 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Schwencke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwencke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2511:320,73932,146
Chile1951:90,3413,478
Netherlands1551:108,95017,471
Denmark891:63,4246,389
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Norway381:135,32317,347
Australia321:843,61652,533
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
England151:3,714,537119,675
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
France81:8,302,840321,660
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Schwencke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schwencke is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Schwencke.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwencke? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 389,400th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,008,292 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Schwencke live; 46 percent live in Western Europe and 45 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 251 people, or 1 in 320,739. In Germany Schwencke is most numerous in: Hamburg, where 17 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 17 percent are found and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 21 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 17 percent are found.

Schwencke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schwencke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schwencke surname expanded 2,833 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Schwencke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schwencke surname are 5.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Schwencke earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 18.78% more than the national average, earning 411,060 kr per year and in United States they earn 15.9% more than the national average, earning $50,011 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 Schwencke
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