Zwirs Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Zwirs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zwirs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1991:84,86014,115
Australia31:8,998,567200,784

Zwirs Last Name Facts

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

Zwirs is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zwirs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,177,228th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name Zwirs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Zwirs reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 84,860. In The Netherlands Zwirs is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 48 percent are found, South Holland, where 42 percent are found and North Brabant, where 7 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands Zwirs is found in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zwiers914,171/
Zwirsh918/
Zweirs912/
Zwiersz8335/
Szwirsz830/
Zwers8044/
Swirs801/
Zwiersch7735/
Zweers733,074/
Swiers73927/
Zuirsh731/
Swirsz731/
Sweirs731/
Swirse730/
Zwirze730/
Swiersz6776/
Swirsch6712/
Schwirs672/
Zwersch671/
Shwiers670/

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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 Zwirs
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