Suwem Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Suwem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suwem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Suwem (11) may also be a first name.

Suwem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Suwem is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Suwem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,587,209th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Suwem occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Suwem are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 11 people.

Suwem is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 88 percent are found and Morobe, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shuwem914/
Sauwem911/
Suwen80124/
Suwim8017/
Sowem804/
Suvem803/
Subem802/
Sussweim771/
Shuwen73163/
Sauwen7380/
Seuwen7366/
Souwen7336/
Subhem738/
Suwaen734/
Suhwen732/
Suivem731/
Suiwen731/
Showem731/
Suween731/
Suwn676/
Sauweng673/
Seuweng672/
Shouwen672/
Hsiuwen671/
Shuiwen671/
Suiweng671/
Szuweng671/
Seuwent671/

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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 Suwem
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