Swafford Surname

41,585th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Swafford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swafford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,4581:29,0943,607
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England41:13,929,515290,718
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1601:43,2925,034

Swafford (15) may also be a first name.

Swafford Last Name Facts

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

Swafford occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swafford? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 41,585th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 580,588 people. The last name Swafford is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Swafford live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 12,458 people, or 1 in 29,094. In The United States Swafford is most common in: Tennessee, where 19 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Georgia, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Swafford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swafford has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,074 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swafford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Swafford are 25.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.21% registered to vote for the party.

Swafford earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.99% less than the national average, earning $38,839 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Swafford
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