Sweres Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Sweres Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweres Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands501:337,74438,500
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Sweres Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sweres is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sweres.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweres? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,273,756th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Sweres occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Sweres live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Sweres is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 337,744. In The Netherlands Sweres is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 62 percent live, South Holland, where 16 percent live and Limburg, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.

Sweres Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sweres has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sweres surname decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweares9244/
Sweress9220/
Sweeres922/
Swerres921/
Sweyres920/
Swieres920/
Schweres8680/
Sweetres860/
Swires83562/
Sueres8395/
Swares8377/
Swyres8331/
Sweris8312/
Swores832/
Zweres830/
Schwieres801/
Schweires801/
Schweares800/
Sweeris77121/
Zweeres77107/
Swarres7756/
Swaries7716/
Sueyres7711/
Suheres778/
Soueres774/
Swaresh773/
Swaress773/
Swareus771/
Sueresh771/
Swuires770/
Swhares770/
Swarries717/
Schweris711/
Shverets711/
Szwierez711/
Schwares710/
Schueres710/
Swaris671,026/
Suerez67120/
Swarez6793/
Svares6718/
Sberez675/
Sverys671/
Sveris671/
Svores671/
Zwires671/
Suires670/
Zweris670/

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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 Sweres
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