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

The last name Shweileh is most common in Yemen. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shweileh? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,194,481st most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 473 people.

The surname is most widespread in Yemen, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 136,919. In Yemen Shweileh is mostly concentrated in: Sa'dah Governorate, where 98 percent live and Taiz Governorate, where 2 percent live. Apart from Yemen Shweileh exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 2 percent live and Syria, where 1 percent live.

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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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