Schwirten Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwirten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwirten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1901:423,71338,363
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Schwirten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schwirten occurs most in Germany. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Schwirten.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwirten? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,218,745th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Schwirten are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 423,713. In Germany Schwirten is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 91 percent are found, Hamburg, where 4 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Schwirten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schwirten has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Schwirten
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