Schwenzel Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Schwenzel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwenzel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina521:821,98954,134
Germany411:1,963,548108,338
France111:6,038,429280,838
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Schwenzel Last Name Facts

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

Schwenzel is more frequently found in Argentina than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwenzel? popularity and diffusion

Schwenzel is the 1,785,358th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Schwenzel are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname is most frequently used in Argentina, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 821,989. In Argentina Schwenzel is mostly found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 94 percent live, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 2 percent live and La Pampa Province, where 2 percent live. Besides Argentina this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 39 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.

Schwenzel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schwenzel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 75 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 Schwenzel
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