Švajcer Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Švajcer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Švajcer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1351:31,3236,406
Slovenia71:355,38217,336
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Svajcer (11) are calculated separately.

Švajcer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Švajcer is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Svajcer. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Švajcer? popularity and diffusion

Švajcer is the 1,465,390th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Švajcer occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Švajcer are found; 99 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Švajcer is most frequently occurring in Croatia, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 31,323. In Croatia it is most numerous in: City of Zagreb, where 17 percent live, Osijek-Baranja County, where 13 percent live and Virovitica-Podravina County, where 11 percent live. Outside of Croatia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 5 percent live and Serbia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svajcer9511/
Švajczer931/
Švajger86683/
Švaicer861/
Švajcerová823/
Svajczer8014/
Švajgert805/
Svajer7736/
Švager7720/
Svajger7140/
Svaicer7110/
Švaiger718/
Švojger712/
Svajcerová711/
Švejger711/
Svascer711/
Svajced711/
Szwajcer67452/
Chvaicer6744/
Svajgert6713/
Shvacher674/
Svajczerová671/
Šveicere671/

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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 Švajcer
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