Switten Surname

788,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Switten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Switten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3431:33,5185,456
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Switten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Switten is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Switten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 788,513th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 20,356,274 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Switten are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 81 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 343 people, or 1 in 33,518. In Belgium Switten is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 84 percent live, Walloon Region, where 12 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Belgium this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Switten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Switten has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 42 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Switen929/
Swieten8643/
Swithen867/
Swetten866/
Szwiten861/
Suitten861/
Sweiten860/
Sweetten8055/
Swetteng801/
Switting800/
Sweten7736/
Suiten778/
Switin773/
Switeń771/
Schwieten7515/
Sweeten712,989/
Swithin7152/
Switynk7111/
Schwichten714/
Swethen711/
Swisthn711/
Swettin710/
Swyteen710/
Sweaten710/
Schuiten67384/
Swijtink6755/
Switijnk6730/
Swetting672/
Svitienė671/
Sweeteen671/
Sweathen671/
Swaistyn671/
Shuisten670/

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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 Switten
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