Švāne Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Švāne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Švāne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Švane (1) & Svane (2,842) are calculated separately.

Švāne Last Name Facts

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

Švāne is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Švane or Svane. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Švāne? popularity and diffusion

The last name Švāne is the 8,193,072nd most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Švāne are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name Švāne is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 683,349. Barring Latvia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 20 percent live and Norway, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Švane931/
Svane872,842/
Švaner7328/
Sovāne731/
Švan6764/
Švajner6749/
Šván679/
Svne673/

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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 Švāne
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