Svels Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Svels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland81:687,08836,047
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Svels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Svels (Russian: Свелс) is most common in Finland. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svels? popularity and diffusion

The surname Svels is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Svels is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Svels are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 687,088. In Finland it is primarily found in: Ostrobothnia, where 100 percent live. Not including Finland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 10 percent live and Sweden, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sveyles831/
Svols801/
Sueles7383/
Svills7318/
Svelch739/
Svalås736/
Sueyls731/
Sweles731/
Svahls730/
Sweales6763/
Swaeles6743/
Suelhes671/
Soueles670/

Svels Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Svels in the Russian language
Свелсsvels-

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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 Svels
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