Švob Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Švob Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Švob Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia561:75,51113,210
Czechia211:506,35652,868
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Svob (219) & Svób (1) are calculated separately.

Švob Last Name Facts

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

The last name Švob is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Svob or Svób. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Švob? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,136,387th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. Švob occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Švob live; 73 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 73 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 75,511. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: Osijek-Baranja County, where 96 percent reside and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 4 percent reside. Barring Croatia Švob occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 27 percent reside and Serbia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svob92219/
Svób831/
Šváb751,456/
Švab75857/
Švub75241/
Šveb7516/
Švúb753/
Švop751/
Švobová7323/
Shvob671/
Svobd671/
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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 Švob
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