Zwake Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Zwake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zwake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany641:1,257,89880,532
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Zwake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zwake is most common in Germany. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zwake? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,718,748th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Zwake are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 1,257,898. In Germany Zwake is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 88 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 19 percent live.

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Tcwake731/
Zuaker731/
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Zwecke730/
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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 Zwake
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