Shweileh Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Shweileh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shweileh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen1931:136,9197,115
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Shweileh (473) may also be a first name.

Shweileh Last Name Facts

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

Shweileh occurs most in Yemen. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shweileh click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shweileh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,194,481st most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shweileh are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 97 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Shweileh is also the 391,396th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 473 people.

The surname Shweileh is most widely held in Yemen, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 136,919. In Yemen it is most numerous in: Sa'dah Governorate, where 98 percent reside and Taiz Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Yemen this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 2 percent reside and Syria, where 1 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
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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 Shweileh
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