Switters Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Switters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Switters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands701:241,24531,316
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England21:27,859,030389,889
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Switters Last Name Facts

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

Switters is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Switters? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,710,039th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Switters live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Switters is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 241,245. In The Netherlands Switters is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 43 percent live, North Holland, where 21 percent live and Groningen, where 19 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and Belgium, where 5 percent live.

Switters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Switters has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Switters last name expanded 483 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Switters Last Name Statistics demography

Switters earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.02% less than the national average, earning $33,647 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Switers930/
Schwitters891,066/
Swithers88121/
Suitters8894/
Zwitters8819/
Swieters8813/
Swijters8810/
Swetters884/
Schwiters820/
Suiters80263/
Swyters804/
Sweters803/
Schwieters78833/
Schweiters789/
Schwetters780/
Sweeters7595/
Sweaters751/
Shviters751/
Zwijters751/
Swethers751/
Schuiters711/
Sweathers710/
Sueters67362/
Sveters672/
Suitors670/
Šveters5315/

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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 Switters
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