Suwes Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Suwes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suwes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Suwes (28) may also be a first name.

Suwes Last Name Facts

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

Suwes is found most in Indonesia. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Suwes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Suwes live; 73 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Suwes is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 18,892,742. In Indonesia Suwes is most frequent in: West Kalimantan, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 9 percent reside and Somalia, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suweis913/
Subes8060/
Suves8058/
Suwis8020/
Juwes807/
Sowes807/
Cuwes800/
Suwais73247/
Siuves73237/
Suwice73203/
Suevis73142/
Soubes7375/
Suwisz7372/
Showes7367/
Subesh7330/
Saubes7330/
Suvesh7319/
Suwech7318/
Suwece7317/
Sauves7314/
Seuves736/
Suvies733/
Juwese733/
Shuves732/
Suvese732/
Sueves731/
Suweic731/
Sauwis731/
Subeis731/
Suways731/
Couwes731/
Chuwes731/
Seubes731/
Zuweis731/
Subees730/
Subeesh6780/
Schuves6715/
Suthues6714/
Siuveas6711/
Subhesh6711/
Souveus6711/
Shiwesh675/
Schowes674/
Suwetch671/
Sauwech671/
Suveshe671/
Showeis671/
Showess670/

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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 Suwes
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