Schwitters Surname

343,860th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,066 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwitters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwitters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6021:602,09149,009
Germany4251:189,42521,979
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
England51:11,143,612252,590
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Schwitters Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schwitters occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwitters? popularity and diffusion

The surname Schwitters is the 343,860th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,836,347 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Schwitters are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 602 people, or 1 in 602,091. In The United States Schwitters is most common in: Nevada, where 37 percent are found, Minnesota, where 12 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Beside The United States Schwitters exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 40 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found.

Schwitters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schwitters has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schwitters surname increased 3,168 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schwitters Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schwitters surname are 6.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.78% being registered to vote for the political party.

Schwitters earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.02% more than the national average, earning $45,314 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schwiters950/
Schwieters90833/
Schweiters909/
Schwetters900/
Switters89114/
Schuiters841/
Switers820/
Swithers78121/
Suitters7894/
Zwitters7819/
Swieters7813/
Swijters7810/
Swetters784/
Shviters781/
Suiters71263/
Swyters714/
Sweters713/
Sweeters6795/
Sweaters671/
Zwijters671/
Sueters59362/
Sveters592/
Suitors590/
Swethers561/
Sweathers530/

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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 Schwitters
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