Švab Surname
Approximately 857 people bear this surname
Švab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 692 | 1:3,595 | 588 |
| Croatia | 65 | 1:65,055 | 11,867 |
| Czechia | 52 | 1:204,490 | 29,445 |
| Slovakia | 38 | 1:140,433 | 25,488 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Šváb (1,456), Svab (668) & Sváb (434) are calculated separately.
Švab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Švab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Švab is most common in Slovenia. It can also be found as: Šváb, Svab or Sváb. Click here for other possible spellings of Švab.
How Common Is The Last Name Švab? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 408,080th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,503,554 people. Švab is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Švab reside; 89 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Švab is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is held by 692 people, or 1 in 3,595. In Slovenia it is primarily found in: Upper Carniola, where 25 percent live, Savinja, where 24 percent live and Coastal-Karst, where 24 percent live. Not including Slovenia this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 8 percent live and Czechia, where 6 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Švab
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