Shweir Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Shweir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 189 | 1:185,300 | 4,427 |
| Israel | 45 | 1:190,170 | 18,708 |
| Lebanon | 21 | 1:268,433 | 9,626 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Shweir (12) may also be a first name.
Shweir Demographics
Shweir Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shweir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shweir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shweir occurs in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shweir? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 975,866th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shweir are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 80 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 12 people.
It is most frequently held in Iraq, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 185,300. Without taking into account Iraq this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 17 percent live and Lebanon, where 8 percent live.
Shweir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Druze (90%) in Lebanon.
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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 Shweir
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