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
The last name Svan (Hindi: स्वान, Marathi: वान, Russian: Сван) occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Švan or Šván. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Svan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 173,581st most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,944,463 people. The surname Svan is predominantly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Svan live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in Scandinavia. Svan is also the 179,873rd most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 1,804 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is carried by 763 people, or 1 in 12,905. In Sweden Svan is mostly found in: Västra Götaland County, where 39 percent live, Stockholm County, where 13 percent live and Skåne County, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden Svan occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 19 percent live and Syria, where 14 percent live.
Svan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Svan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 42 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Svan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly 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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