Sved Surname

475,771st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 703 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Finland

Sved Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sved Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1591:61,9294,741
United States1461:2,482,595151,840
Finland971:56,6676,661
Canada431:856,87466,382
Romania401:501,94738,412
Moldova381:93,72011,459
Norway371:138,98117,684
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
England151:3,714,537119,675
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Hungary131:755,09840,181
India111:69,733,217610,955
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
France11:66,422,722504,397
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Svéd (126), Šved (32) & Švéd (14) are calculated separately.

Sved (49) may also be a first name.

Sved Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sved (Hindi: स्वेद, Russian: Свед) is found most frequently in Sweden. It may be rendered as a variant: Svéd, Šved or Švéd. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sved? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 475,771st most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,366,353 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Sved are found; 47 percent are found in Northern Europe and 42 percent are found in Scandinavia. Sved is also the 1,430,306th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 49 people.

The surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 61,929. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Gävleborg County, where 33 percent live, Stockholm County, where 21 percent live and Jämtland County, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden Sved exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Finland, where 14 percent live.

Sved Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sved has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,920 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sved Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sved surname are 6.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.46% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sved earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 7.1% more than the national average, earning 370,662 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.29% more than the national average, earning $44,138 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.12% more than the national average, earning $68,624 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svéd92126/
Šved9232/
Shved8916,303/
Sveds8975/
Svejd8939/
Sveed8921/
Szved8918/
Svedh8915/
Åsved8912/
Sveyd892/
Svetd891/
Scved891/
Sve86222/
Švéd8314/
Schved8065/
Shveid8036/
Shveyd8023/
Shvedt808/
Shvedd807/
Svedås805/
Shveds804/
Shveed802/
Shvied801/
Sued755,572/
Svet753,942/
Swed751,769/
Svyd75478/
Svee75425/
Svid75227/
Svea75130/
Jved7558/
Svei7540/
Sæve7525/
Shve7510/
Svej758/
Sver757/
Sveø757/
Svep756/
Svez752/
Ssve752/
Sves751/
Søve751/
Scve751/
Svjd751/
Sveu751/
Svey751/
Svhe751/
Svedova73215/
Schvedt7360/
Shchved7314/
Schveid738/
Sweid6724,288/
Shvedova6712,495/
Szwed6710,818/
Sweed673,891/
Soued67601/
Svete67471/
Shwed67307/
Shvyd67265/
Svecz67222/
Shver67117/
Sæves6798/
Svets6763/
Swead6763/
Chved6745/
Shvey6742/
Shvei6737/
Svidt6736/
Sveås6736/
Sveth6722/
Shveh6722/
Sweyd6721/
Sjwed6721/
Szvet6721/
Sveet6719/
Suedt6718/
Swied6716/
Svejdova6714/
Svech6712/
Shvid6710/
Shued679/
Swedh679/
Shvet678/
Jveed678/
Švejd677/
Swedt677/
Swedd675/
Sveøy675/
Svejdová675/
Suedd674/
Szued674/
Šveds674/
Svesh673/
Sbedh673/
Schve672/
Svess672/
Svite672/
Svaid672/
Shvedová672/
Shvez672/
Sbeed672/
Sveea672/
Hsveh671/
Scwed671/
Shvee671/
Shves671/
Svett671/
Sveat671/
Jsvid671/
Zsvet671/
Zswed671/
Sæver671/
Sveas671/
Svyte671/
Svēte671/
Svezt671/
Åsvid671/
Sveip671/
Jveid671/
Jszve671/
Sueyd670/
Sweds670/
Sveit670/

Sved Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sved in the Hindi language
स्वेदsveda-
Sved in the Russian language
Сведsved-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sved
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