Swiers Surname
Approximately 927 people bear this surname
Swiers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 288 | 1:58,636 | 10,096 |
| United States | 257 | 1:1,410,346 | 97,237 |
| England | 168 | 1:331,655 | 24,447 |
| South Africa | 79 | 1:685,794 | 49,549 |
| Belgium | 58 | 1:198,218 | 26,032 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 60 | 1:406,256 | 24,311 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 63 | 1:797,122 | 49,780 |
Swiers Demographics
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Swiers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swiers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Swiers is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swiers? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 383,720th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,861,430 people. Swiers occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Swiers reside; 42 percent reside in Western Europe and 42 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Swiers is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 58,636. In The Netherlands Swiers is primarily found in: Groningen, where 15 percent reside, South Holland, where 14 percent reside and North Holland, where 11 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent reside and England, where 18 percent reside.
Swiers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Swiers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swiers last name grew 408 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 280 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Swiers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Swiers last name are 2.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.81% registered with the political party.
The amount Swiers earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.73% less than the national average, earning R 140,844 per year and in United States they earn 7.66% more than the national average, earning $46,454 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiersz | 92 | 76 | / |
| Swieers | 92 | 1 | / |
| Swuiers | 92 | 0 | / |
| Shwiers | 92 | 0 | / |
| Swers | 91 | 57 | / |
| Swirs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Schwiers | 86 | 391 | / |
| Swijgers | 86 | 15 | / |
| Swiersch | 86 | 6 | / |
| Zwiers | 83 | 4,171 | / |
| Swyers | 83 | 1,464 | / |
| Sweers | 83 | 1,461 | / |
| Swears | 83 | 333 | / |
| Swerst | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shwers | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sweirs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Swetrs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Swirsz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Swirse | 83 | 0 | / |
| Schwers | 77 | 350 | / |
| Swearse | 77 | 44 | / |
| Zwiersz | 77 | 35 | / |
| Swierze | 77 | 20 | / |
| Swirsch | 77 | 12 | / |
| Schwirs | 77 | 2 | / |
| Swyer's | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shweers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Swierch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Szwirsz | 77 | 0 | / |
| Swersch | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schwiersch | 75 | 187 | / |
| Zwirs | 73 | 202 | / |
| Suers | 73 | 146 | / |
| Zwers | 73 | 44 | / |
| Svirs | 73 | 20 | / |
| Sbers | 73 | 2 | / |
| Swyrs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schweers | 71 | 4,066 | / |
| Zwiersch | 71 | 35 | / |
| Schwirse | 71 | 29 | / |
| Swierschová | 71 | 5 | / |
| Schweirs | 71 | 3 | / |
| Schwirst | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schwears | 71 | 0 | / |
| Souers | 67 | 696 | / |
| Zwyers | 67 | 28 | / |
| Zwirsh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Schwirsch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Suerst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zweirs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sverst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schwierch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shuers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sversh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suersh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zuiers | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Swiers
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