Shwe Surname
Approximately 137,230 people bear this surname
Shwe Surname User-submission:
Shwe is Burmese name. Shwe means 'gold' or 'golden'. Actually Burmese has no surname or family name. A Burmese full name can be a single syllable or multiple syllables. For example, the name of Burmese UN General Secretary is "Thant".
Read More About This SurnameShwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | 135,822 | 1:382 | 71 |
| Thailand | 693 | 1:101,931 | 14,672 |
| United States | 224 | 1:1,618,120 | 108,461 |
| Singapore | 146 | 1:37,724 | 1,403 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Shwe (194,936) may also be a first name.
Shwe Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Shwe is Burmese name. Shwe means 'gold' or 'golden'. Actually Burmese has no surname or family name. A Burmese full name can be a single syllable or multiple syllables. For example, the name of Burmese UN General Secretary is "Thant". Burmese call him "U Thant" where "U" is same as "Mr." in English. When Burmese people have to fill up a from on internet or aboard, they were forced to add family name, which they don't have. So they likely to use the last syllable of their name as a family name. Notorious former Burmese head of military juntas, Than Shwe is a good example.
- yarzaryeniShwe Demographics
Average Shwe Salary in
United States
$44,205 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shwe occurs most in Myanmar. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,095th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 53,105 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shwe live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Burmo-Asia. It is also the 5,373rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 194,936 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Myanmar, where it is borne by 135,822 people, or 1 in 382. Aside from Myanmar it exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Shwe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shwe surname are 15.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.57% being registered with the political party.
The amount Shwe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.45% more than the national average, earning $44,205 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.1% less than the national average, earning $43,670 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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