Al Swab Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Al Swab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 421 | 1:21,003 | 3,052 |
| Palestine | 129 | 1:35,262 | 4,344 |
| Tunisia | 14 | 1:43,616 | 6,025 |
| Oman | 8 | 1:460,996 | 5,668 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Al Swab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Swab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Swab occurs more in Jordan more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Swab? popularity and diffusion
It is the 550,571st most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. Al Swab occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Al Swab reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 95 percent reside in Levant.
The surname Al Swab is most prevalent in Jordan, where it is held by 421 people, or 1 in 21,003. In Jordan it is most common in: Amman Governorate, where 56 percent reside, Irbid Governorate, where 40 percent reside and Zarqa Governorate, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Jordan Al Swab is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 22 percent reside and Tunisia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Al Swab
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