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

Swoboda (Arabic: سوبودا) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swoboda? popularity and diffusion

Swoboda is the 31,344th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 427,723 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Swoboda reside; 52 percent reside in Western Europe and 51 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 5,537 people, or 1 in 14,540. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent are found, Bavaria, where 22 percent are found and Hesse, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 44 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Swoboda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Swoboda has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Swoboda surname increased 2,096 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swoboda Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Swoboda surname are 15.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.92% registered to vote for the political 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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