Swoboda Surname

31,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,038 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Swoboda Surname User-submission:

A Slavic name, meaning 'freedom'.

Swoboda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,5371:14,5401,894
Poland4,0721:9,3341,270
United States3,3741:107,42711,762
Austria3,0541:2,788257
Canada1971:187,03318,476
Australia1511:178,77918,110
Ecuador1301:122,3536,626
Switzerland1151:71,4178,505
France721:922,538106,020
England691:807,50843,459
Brazil601:3,567,906100,128
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
Czechia291:366,67143,532
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Wales101:309,45316,869
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
China31:455,773,85521,925
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1611:311,91724,534

Swoboda Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Slavic name, meaning 'freedom'.

- anessa

Swoboda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swoboda (Arabic: سوبودا) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swoboda? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 31,344th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 427,723 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Swoboda live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 5,537 people, or 1 in 14,540. In Germany Swoboda is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent reside, Bavaria, where 22 percent reside and Hesse, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Swoboda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swoboda has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swoboda surname grew 2,096 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swoboda Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Swoboda last name are 15.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.92% being registered with the party.

The amount Swoboda earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.23% more than the national average, earning R 352,248 per year; in United States they earn 3.01% more than the national average, earning $44,449 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.52% less than the national average, earning $49,423 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Szwoboda9311/
Swoboday9311/
Swojboda932/
Swooboda930/
Schwoboda8816/
Svoboda8642,685/
Swaboda8671/
Zwoboda8647/
Swobody8631/
Suoboda8624/
Sboboda8620/
Swobada866/
Swobodo862/
Sweboda861/
Swobodi860/
Swobeda860/
Szvoboda80449/
Swobodey800/
Swoboder800/
Schwobeda757/
Schwaboda751/
Schwobada750/
Schwobody750/
Svobody71151/
Zwobodo7151/
Svaboda7139/
Zwobada7139/
Svobada7112/
Svobode7110/
Sveboda718/
Svovoda715/
Swubuda711/
Svobodi711/
Swobado711/
Zuoboda711/
Svobodo711/
Svobeda711/
Swobade710/
Swabada710/
Swobady710/
Svuboda710/
Sbobada710/
Shwabada670/
Swabadah670/
Swabadaa670/
Swobadey670/

Swoboda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swoboda in the Arabic language
سوبوداswbwda-

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Swoboda Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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