Švec Surname

65,089th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Švec Surname Definition:

(Czech-Slovakian) One who made shoes, a shoemaker.

Švec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia4,7341:2,246148
Slovakia2,4731:2,15869
Croatia2671:15,8373,193
Lithuania981:30,9655,432
Serbia571:125,3509,305
Slovenia421:59,2309,095
Bosnia and Herzegovina31:1,178,80115,876
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Svec (3,040) & Śvec (1) are calculated separately.

Švec Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Czech-Slovakian) One who made shoes, a shoemaker.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Švec Last Name Facts

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

The surname Švec is found most frequently in Czechia. It may be rendered as: Svec or Śvec. For other potential spellings of Švec click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Švec? popularity and diffusion

The last name Švec is the 65,089th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 949,394 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Švec live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Czechia, where it is borne by 4,734 people, or 1 in 2,246. In Czechia it is primarily concentrated in: South Bohemian Region, where 16 percent live, Prague, where 12 percent live and Central Bohemian Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Czechia this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 32 percent live and Croatia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svec923,040/
Śvec921/
Šivec89227/
Ševec8974/
Šovec8915/
Švecký806/
Švecká803/
Švecko801/
Ševc75318/
Šavc75162/
Šefc7578/
Švic7511/
Švac755/
Zvec752/
Švek752/
Šovc751/
Šivc751/
Šivecká739/
Šivecký738/
Ševecká731/
Sivec67877/
Zavec67660/
Živec67627/
Ševců67372/
Zivec67301/
Šivic67268/
Švach67265/
Sovec67203/
Savec67133/
Sevec67105/
Sveca6780/
Švaco6770/
Ševic6750/
Švejk6732/
Šefců6717/
Šiveg6716/
Cevec6712/
Svech6712/
Švoch6711/
Ševeg677/
Šüveg676/
Šefic673/
Ševíc673/
Šuveg673/
Sveck672/
Závec672/
Šivac672/
Šafec672/
Ševco671/
Şivec671/
Ševca671/
Civec671/
Sévec671/
Zvech671/
Šűveg671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Švec
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