Svan Surname
Approximately 2,475 people bear this surname
Svan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 763 | 1:12,905 | 1,113 |
| Iraq | 466 | 1:75,154 | 2,502 |
| Syria | 343 | 1:56,271 | 2,769 |
| India | 273 | 1:2,809,763 | 86,205 |
| Cambodia | 210 | 1:73,748 | 2,132 |
| Denmark | 160 | 1:35,279 | 3,662 |
| Russia | 75 | 1:1,921,641 | 121,498 |
| Finland | 68 | 1:80,834 | 8,744 |
| Norway | 39 | 1:131,853 | 17,004 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Georgia | 10 | 1:374,554 | 15,620 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Abkhazia | 2 | 1:121,432 | 4,128 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Švan (64) & Šván (9) are calculated separately.
Svan (1,804) may also be a first name.
Svan Demographics
Average Svan Salary in
United States
$31,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Svan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Svan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Svan (Hindi: स्वान, Marathi: वान, Russian: Сван) occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Švan or Šván. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Svan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Svan is the 173,581st most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,944,463 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Svan live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 179,873rd most common first name worldwide It is held by 1,804 people.
The surname Svan is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is carried by 763 people, or 1 in 12,905. In Sweden Svan is most frequent in: Västra Götaland County, where 39 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 13 percent reside and Skåne County, where 8 percent reside. Besides Sweden this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 19 percent reside and Syria, where 14 percent reside.
Svan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Svan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 42 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Svan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
The amount Svan earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 5.11% less than the national average, earning 328,406 kr per year and in United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Svan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Svan in the Marathi language | ||
| वान | vana | 97.36 |
| वन | vana | 1.76 |
| वण | vana | 0.88 |
| Svan in the Hindi language | ||
| स्वान | svana | 63.37 |
| स्वण | svana | 32.67 |
| स्वन | svana | 2.97 |
| Svan in the Russian language | ||
| Сван | svan | - |
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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 Svan
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