Švajda Surname

641,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Švajda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Švajda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia2361:45,0577,508
Slovakia1901:28,0874,828
Croatia481:88,09614,714

The alternate forms: Svajda (237) are calculated separately.

Švajda Last Name Facts

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

Švajda occurs most in Czechia. It can occur as: Svajda. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Švajda? popularity and diffusion

It is the 641,055th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,374,569 people. The last name Švajda occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Švajda live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Švajda is most frequent in Czechia, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 45,057. In Czechia Švajda is most prevalent in: Zlín Region, where 46 percent are found, Moravian-Silesian Region, where 19 percent are found and South Moravian Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Czechia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 40 percent are found and Croatia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svajda94237/
Švejda831,452/
Šuhajda77584/
Svajida771/
Šveda73564/
Švéda73506/
Svada737/
Švida733/
Schvajda712/
Švedas67703/
Svejda67399/
Swajda67149/
Svadas6719/
Šuhada677/
Chvada672/
Švieda671/
Šveida671/
Svaida671/
Svadha671/

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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 Švajda
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