Svitins Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Svitins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svitins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia561:36,6085,573
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Svitiņš (1) & Švītiņš (1) are calculated separately.

Svitins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Svitins is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Svitiņš or Švītiņš. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svitins? popularity and diffusion

The surname Svitins is the 2,530,696th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Svitins are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 36,608. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 48 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 45 percent live and Semigallia, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Latvia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svitiņš901/
Svetins8674/
Suitins862/
Svins832/
Švītiņš811/
Swithins801/
Sveins7725/
Sveinås711/
Svetinš711/
Svētinš711/
Zuitins711/
Svens67301/
Suittens675/
Svinsova671/
Svinz671/
Svinç671/
Svenns6296/
Swijns6261/
Sweins6251/
Swains6238/
Svenst620/
Suetens57621/
Svennæs5722/
Svennås576/
Svētiņš571/
Svennss571/
Schweins53545/
Sweetens532/
Souetens531/
Zvinz502/

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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 Svitins
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