Shwayat Surname
Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname
Shwayat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1,188 | 1:7,443 | 1,449 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Shwayat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shwayat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shwayat is borne by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shwayat? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shwayat is the 310,758th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,012,827 people. The last name Shwayat occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shwayat live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Levant.
The surname Shwayat is most widely held in Jordan, where it is held by 1,188 people, or 1 in 7,443. In Jordan it is most prevalent in: Ajloun Governorate, where 77 percent reside, Irbid Governorate, where 15 percent reside and Amman Governorate, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Jordan this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shwayhat | 93 | 20 | / |
| Swayat | 92 | 3 | / |
| Shwiyat | 86 | 13 | / |
| Shvayat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Swayt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shwaihat | 80 | 15 | / |
| Shuayath | 80 | 1 | / |
| Suayat | 77 | 9 | / |
| Svayat | 77 | 2 | / |
| Swayad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shwait | 77 | 1 | / |
| Souhayate | 75 | 2 | / |
| Schwait | 71 | 66 | / |
| Shvayts | 71 | 41 | / |
| Shvaytz | 71 | 39 | / |
| Suhajat | 71 | 36 | / |
| Shuiyat | 71 | 3 | / |
| Schweat | 71 | 2 | / |
| Swahait | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sweat | 67 | 11,431 | / |
| Swait | 67 | 279 | / |
| Shweihat | 67 | 210 | / |
| Swayd | 67 | 34 | / |
| Schwaite | 67 | 10 | / |
| Schwaitz | 67 | 7 | / |
| Schwautz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shwiehat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shwaihit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shwaihet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schwaits | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Shwayat
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