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
Shwet (Hindi: श्वेत, Oriya: େ) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shwet? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name 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. It is also the 204,006th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 1,460 people.
The last name Shwet is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 42,614,743. In India Shwet is mostly found in: Bihar, where 83 percent are found, Delhi, where 6 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 6 percent are found. Beside India this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Shwet
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