Suwis Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Suwis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suwis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Suwis (256) may also be a first name.

Suwis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Suwis is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Suwis click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Suwis? popularity and diffusion

The surname Suwis is the 4,427,875th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Suwis is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Suwis are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 556,659th most frequent first name globally, borne by 256 people.

It is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 10,173,015. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Aceh, where 31 percent reside, Riau, where 31 percent reside and West Kalimantan, where 23 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suwais91247/
Suwisz9172/
Suweis913/
Sauwis911/
Juwis8070/
Subis8014/
Suwes8011/
Sowis8010/
Suvis803/
Suwic802/
Shuwaish771/
Suwice73203/
Suevis73142/
Sowisz7382/
Soubis7372/
Subish7327/
Siuvis737/
Suvies733/
Szubis732/
Suvais732/
Suwaiz732/
Juwais732/
Suwaij731/
Shiwis731/
Juwise731/
Chuwis731/
Suvise731/
Suweic731/
Suways731/
Subais731/
Subois731/
Subisz731/
Zuweis731/
Subhis731/
Sauvis731/
Shuvis731/
Subeis731/
Suivis730/
Saubois67138/
Souvais6730/
Shubish6712/
Schubis672/
Soubais671/
Sauvios671/
Sowisch671/
Subhais671/
Showeis671/
Sauvais671/
Suwhich671/

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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 Suwis
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