Schwies Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Schwies Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 48 | 1:1,677,197 | 97,745 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Schwies Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schwies Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schwies occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schwies? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Schwies live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in Germany, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany Schwies is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 17 percent live and Hesse, where 13 percent live. Apart from Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Schwies
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