Svéd Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Svéd Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 110 | 1:89,239 | 8,806 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Sved (703), Švéd (14) & Šved (32) are calculated separately.
Svéd Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Svéd Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Svéd occurs most in Hungary. It may be found in the variant forms: Sved, Švéd or Šved. Click here for other potential spellings of Svéd.
How Common Is The Last Name Svéd? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,604,449th most widespread family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. Svéd is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Svéd live; 87 percent live in Eastern Europe and 87 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
The last name Svéd is most frequent in Hungary, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 89,239. In Hungary Svéd is primarily concentrated in: Budapest, where 56 percent live, Veszprém County, where 28 percent live and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 12 percent live. Excluding Hungary this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 12 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
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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 Svéd
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