Schwirk Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwirk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwirk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Schwirk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schwirk occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwirk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,017,195th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. Schwirk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Schwirk are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Schwirk is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 2,875,195. In Germany Schwirk is mostly found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 50 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 36 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 31 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schwierk9353/
Schwirck9339/
Schwirke931/
Shwirk922/
Schwerk8652/
Schvirk869/
Swirk8383/
Schvierk8060/
Schwerke8037/
Schvirck8014/
Schwierc8010/
Schwärck804/
Swierk77611/
Swirck7742/
Swirke774/
Shwerk772/
Shuirk771/
Schweerke7512/
Schvierck751/
Schwerg7117/
Schuerk713/
Scvierk712/
Svirk6739/
Schuerks6719/
Swirc6719/
Swerk6711/
Świrk672/
Schwearecke671/
Schuerke670/

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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 Schwirk
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