Schwer Surname
Approximately 3,316 people bear this surname
Schwer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,125 | 1:37,885 | 5,005 |
| United States | 857 | 1:422,939 | 36,609 |
| Austria | 89 | 1:95,679 | 13,940 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 1:473,761 | 33,810 |
Schwer Demographics
Schwer Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Schwer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schwer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schwer occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schwer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schwer is the 135,537th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,197,692 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Schwer live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Schwer is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 2,125 people, or 1 in 37,885. In Germany Schwer is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 65 percent live, Bavaria, where 11 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent live. Aside from Germany it exists in 29 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Austria, where 3 percent live.
Schwer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Schwer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schwer last name grew 808 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 3,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 850 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Schwer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Schwer surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Schwer surname are 11.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.25% being registered with the political party.
The amount Schwer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.38% less than the national average, earning 216,723 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.86% more than the national average, earning $44,815 USD per year and in Canada they earn 129.93% more than the national average, earning $114,238 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
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