Sw Surname
Approximately 8,414 people bear this surname
Sw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3,926 | 1:33,685 | 3,954 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,981 | 1:10,351 | 1,441 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| United Arab Emirates | 202 | 1:45,358 | 4,571 |
| India | 103 | 1:7,447,237 | 161,200 |
| United States | 97 | 1:3,736,690 | 206,520 |
| Pakistan | 74 | 1:2,414,107 | 21,426 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| China | 45 | 1:30,384,924 | 1,604 |
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Mexico | 27 | 1:4,597,267 | 27,985 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| South Korea | 11 | 1:4,658,205 | 839 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Vietnam | 7 | 1:13,235,151 | 2,948 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Św (1) are calculated separately.
Sw (1,615) may also be a first name.
Sw Demographics
Average Sw Salary in
United States
$41,708 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Św. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 59,922nd most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 866,121 people. The surname Sw is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sw live; 48 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sw is also the 192,246th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 1,615 people.
The last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3,926 people, or 1 in 33,685. In Indonesia Sw is primarily concentrated in: East Java, where 27 percent reside, Central Java, where 14 percent reside and West Java, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia Sw is found in 75 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 35 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 6 percent reside.
Sw Last Name Statistics demography
Sw earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $41,708 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Św | 83 | 1 | / |
| Swe | 80 | 183,646 | / |
| Hsw | 80 | 131 | / |
| Shw | 80 | 125 | / |
| Swh | 80 | 32 | / |
| Ssw | 80 | 19 | / |
| Sww | 80 | 16 | / |
| Swf | 80 | 14 | / |
| Svw | 80 | 10 | / |
| Swz | 80 | 10 | / |
| Jsw | 80 | 10 | / |
| Sxw | 80 | 8 | / |
| Szw | 80 | 7 | / |
| Sjw | 80 | 5 | / |
| Zsw | 80 | 5 | / |
| Xsw | 80 | 4 | / |
| Shwe | 67 | 137,230 | / |
| Shww | 67 | 63 | / |
| Shhw | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sswt | 67 | 20 | / |
| Hshw | 67 | 17 | / |
| Shsw | 67 | 12 | / |
| Hswe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hssw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Schw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rzsw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sswz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jswp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Swwh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Xswh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xszw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xswf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jzsw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jshw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsvw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jswf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hswf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsxw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hszw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hxsw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sjsw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shwz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shwt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shwp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shvw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Svws | 67 | 1 | / |
| Svww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swsj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swtd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swwz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sxhw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swfs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szwh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szwt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sjwz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szvw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sssw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssws | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zzsw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhsw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsvw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zswp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsws | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zswt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsxw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xzsw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xsvw | 67 | 1 | / |
Sw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮ | sw | - |
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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 Sw
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