Schwitzke Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schwitzke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schwitzke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany561:1,437,59788,094
United States521:6,970,364322,914
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Schwitzke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schwitzke is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Schwitzke.

How Common Is The Last Name Schwitzke? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,736,881st most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Schwitzke reside; 51 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Schwitzke is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 1,437,597. In Germany it is primarily found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 29 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Saxony, where 16 percent live. Outside of Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 47 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Schwitzke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schwitzke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schwitzke surname expanded 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schwitzke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Schwitzke are 0.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.17% being registered to vote for the party.

Schwitzke earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.02% less than the national average, earning $42,709 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
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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 Schwitzke
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