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.

DNA test information

Švāne 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
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

The surname Švāne is held by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Švane or Svane. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Švāne? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 widespread in Latvia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 683,349. Besides Latvia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Norway, where 20 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
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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