Shwet Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Shwet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shwet (1,460) may also be a first name.
Shwet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shwet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shwet (Hindi: श्वेत, Oriya: େ) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shwet? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Shwet occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Shwet are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shwet is also the 204,006th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 1,460 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 42,614,743. In India Shwet is primarily concentrated in: Bihar, where 83 percent are found, Delhi, where 6 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account India Shwet is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shwet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shwet in the Hindi language | ||
| श्वेत | sveta | - |
| Shwet in the Oriya language | ||
| େ | e | 99.18 |
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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 Shwet
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