Schwestermann Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Schwestermann Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 170 | 1:48,311 | 6,479 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Schwestermann Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schwestermann Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schwestermann is more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schwestermann? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,310,135th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Schwestermann occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schwestermann are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Schwestermann is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 48,311. In Switzerland it is most prevalent in: Canton of Valais, where 72 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 14 percent are found and Canton of Zug, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Switzerland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schweterman | 92 | 1 | / |
| Schwietermann | 92 | 0 | / |
| Schwieterman | 88 | 969 | / |
| Schweiterman | 88 | 7 | / |
| Sweterman | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sweeterman | 78 | 79 | / |
| Swieterman | 78 | 21 | / |
| Sweiterman | 78 | 1 | / |
| Schuiterman | 75 | 1 | / |
| Switerman | 73 | 0 | / |
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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 Schwestermann
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