Schwab is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Schwab
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Focused in Alsace, means the person who is originally from Swabia in southern Germany region on the high Danube. Varientes: Schwaab (67), Schwabe (57), Schwob, Schwoebel, Schwoob (68, 67).

How popular is Schwab?

Schwab is common in United States.

Schwab is ranked 7838 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Schwab bearers increased by 3.294147 per cent in 2010 US census to 16870 since 2000, the surname slipped by 117 spots and ranked at 2152. The last name was found in around 57 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.55 96.57
Hispanic or Latino 2.09 1.38
Others 1.14 1.13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.63 0.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.22
Black 0.27 0.23
Schwab is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 68963 people have been found who wears Schwab as their family name. Schwab is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
5,318 China8
9,759 Japan5
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
4,915 Panama3
4,231 Jamaica2
4,104 South Korea2
5,553 Taiwan1
31,584 Peru1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,578 Guam1
17,236 Ghana1
25,746 Finland1
1,253 Burundi1
6,033 Benin1
1,704,541 India1
53,033 Nigeria1
9,498 Iceland1
53,505 Turkey1
1,819 Laos1
11,923 Slovenia1
3,275 Nepal1
7,790 Zambia1
8,268 Mauritius1
16,283 Lithuania1
810,193 Indonesia1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,774 Kazakhstan48
124,645 Ukraine30
11,387 Ireland22
3,830 Luxembourg20
18,457 Scotland20
5,663 Thailand18
15,050 Singapore18
24,534 New Zealand17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
9,768 Sweden94
12,775 Israel82
11,471 Norway66
152,430 Russia66
7,402 Portugal55
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Schwab:
8,421 South Africa767
7,204 Australia399
17,388 England317
10,266 Netherlands275
39,199 Philippines258
17,404 Mexico209
5,435 Slovakia187
8,668 Hungary131
22,390 Spain128
4,692 Denmark128
15,064 Romania125
14,215 Czech Republic124
59,335 Italy112
16,921 Belgium104
Countries with thousands of Schwab:
3,162 Brazil4,547
113 Switzerland3,664
177 Austria3,196
3,034 France2,510
2,501 Argentina1,941
3,305 Canada1,430
Countries with ten thousands of Schwab:
183 Germany26,730
1,914 United States20,918
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Comments

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Kira Mixson
Schwab is a name Alsace-Lorraine, ethnic name designating the Alb.

Schwab Namesakes

  • Gustav Schwab, Writer
  • Anneke Schwabe, Actress
  • Christina Schwab, Basketball Player
  • Benno Schwabe, Publisher
  • Gustav Christian Schwabe, Merchant
  • Brice Schwab, Football offensive lineman
  • Sigi Schwab, Guitar player
  • Corey Schwab, Ice hockey player
  • Werner Schwab, Playwright
  • Peter Schwab, Coach
  • In 2012, Will Schwab portrayed the role of Alex Evans in drama flick New Hope.

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