Sw Surname

59,922nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Sw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3,9261:33,6853,954
Saudi Arabia2,9811:10,3511,441
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
United Arab Emirates2021:45,3584,571
India1031:7,447,237161,200
United States971:3,736,690206,520
Pakistan741:2,414,10721,426
Hong Kong701:104,7931,905
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Malaysia501:589,88428,692
China451:30,384,9241,604
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
England281:1,989,93178,001
Mexico271:4,597,26727,985
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
South Korea111:4,658,205839
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Vietnam71:13,235,1512,948
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Senegal61:2,429,8904,996
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Panama41:978,06412,245
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
France41:16,605,680368,153
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Św (1) are calculated separately.

Sw (1,615) may also be a first name.

Sw Last Name Facts

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

Sw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also appear in the variant forms: Św. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 59,922nd most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 866,121 people. Sw is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sw are found; 48 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 47 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sw is also the 192,246th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,615 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 3,926 people, or 1 in 33,685. In Indonesia Sw is most frequent in: East Java, where 27 percent are found, Central Java, where 14 percent are found and West Java, where 14 percent are found. Barring Indonesia this last name exists in 75 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 35 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 6 percent are found.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Św831/
Swe80183,646/
Hsw80131/
Shw80125/
Swh8032/
Ssw8019/
Sww8016/
Swf8014/
Svw8010/
Swz8010/
Jsw8010/
Sxw808/
Szw807/
Sjw805/
Zsw805/
Xsw804/
Shwe67137,230/
Shww6763/
Shhw6729/
Sswt6720/
Hshw6717/
Shsw6712/
Hswe6711/
Hssw675/
Schw675/
Rzsw674/
Sswz672/
Jswp672/
Swwh672/
Xswh671/
Xszw671/
Xswf671/
Jzsw671/
Jshw671/
Jsvw671/
Jswf671/
Hswf671/
Hsxw671/
Hszw671/
Hxsw671/
Sjsw671/
Shwz671/
Shwt671/
Shwp671/
Shvw671/
Swsz671/
Swss671/
Szww671/
Svws671/
Svww671/
Swph671/
Swsj671/
Swtd671/
Swtt671/
Swww671/
Swwz671/
Sxhw671/
Swfs671/
Swhe671/
Szwh671/
Szwt671/
Sjwz671/
Szvw671/
Sssw671/
Ssws671/
Zzsw671/
Zhsw671/
Zsvw671/
Zswp671/
Zsws671/
Zswt671/
Zsxw671/
Xzsw671/
Xsvw671/

Sw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﻮsw-

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