Swiegers Surname

230,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,755 people bear this surname

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

Swiegers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swiegers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,6981:31,9074,086
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Swiegers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swiegers is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swiegers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 230,517th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,152,448 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Swiegers live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,698 people, or 1 in 31,907. In South Africa Swiegers is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 31 percent reside, Western Cape, where 20 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 16 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Swiegers Last Name Statistics demography

Swiegers earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.05% more than the national average, earning R 396,972 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swigers934/
Schwiegers8922/
Swiggers88349/
Sweegers88258/
Swijgers8815/
Sweygers883/
Sweigers881/
Zwegers80225/
Swygers801/
Suigers800/
Schweigers780/
Zwijgers75248/
Zweegers75174/
Shvigers7533/
Schuegers7123/
Zwygers6724/
Schvengers671/
Svegars670/

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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 Swiegers
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