Schwenzer Surname

295,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Schwenzer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwenzer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9581:84,03510,591
United States2591:1,399,45596,631
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
France81:8,302,840321,660
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
England21:27,859,030389,889
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Schwenzer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schwenzer occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwenzer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 295,590th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,649,260 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Schwenzer reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 958 people, or 1 in 84,035. In Germany Schwenzer is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 25 percent live, Brandenburg, where 18 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live. Not including Germany this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Schwenzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schwenzer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schwenzer surname expanded 1,363 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schwenzer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schwenzer surname are 6.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.57% being registered with the political party.

The amount Schwenzer earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 11.04% more than the national average, earning $47,912 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.46% less than the national average, earning $39,019 CAD 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 Schwenzer
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