Swaans Surname

401,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Swaans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swaans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5641:29,9424,941
Belgium2861:40,1986,567
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Swaans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swaans is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swaans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Swaans is the 401,796th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. The last name Swaans is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Swaans are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Swaans is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 564 people, or 1 in 29,942. In The Netherlands Swaans is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 80 percent live, South Holland, where 6 percent live and Limburg, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 33 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swans91126/
Swains8338/
Swanse835/
Swanns835/
Swanss830/
Schwans77107/
Swanz73125/
Svans7379/
Suans7354/
Swams733/
Swons730/
Schwanse7166/
Schwansh711/
Schwanst710/
Suanse67302/
Swance67116/
Swaims6754/
Sweins6751/
Svanæs6740/
Shbans6716/
Svansø6712/
Szwanz677/
Shwanz676/
Swanze675/
Shvans674/
Svanås671/
Zwansh671/
Suanst671/

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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 Swaans
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