Schwirzer Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Schwirzer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwirzer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Schwirzer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schwirzer is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwirzer? popularity and diffusion

Schwirzer is the 2,312,869th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Schwirzer are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 1,805,923. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 93 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent are found and Western Cape, where 3 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Schwirzer Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Schwirzer earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 85.77% more than the national average, earning R 441,456 per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD 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
  • 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 Schwirzer
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