Swemers Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Swemers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swemers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Swemers Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Swemers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Swemers live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands Swemers is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 96 percent reside and Gelderland, where 4 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 36 percent reside and Turkey, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swemmers9353/
Schwemers880/
Swamers8667/
Swimers860/
Smers8359/
Schwemmers8210/
Swimmers801/
Smyers771,288/
Smeers77617/
Smiers77264/
Smaers77191/
Smeros77146/
Smears77124/
Smmers7715/
Smersu778/
Smeyrs771/
Smersù771/
Smoers771/
Smeyers712,160/
Smeyres7134/
Szumers712/
Svaheimers711/
Smyerrs711/
Smayers710/
Smoyers710/
Smeares710/
Czemerys67417/
Smerz67314/
Smars67104/
Czemeres6757/
Smårs6755/
Smirs6720/
Czemeris678/
Szammers672/
Szmeresa671/
Ciemerys671/
Smurs671/
Siaumers670/
Smyrs670/

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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 Swemers
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