Swab Surname

331,076th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Swab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9311:389,32234,223
Canada561:657,95753,499
Australia301:899,85754,700
Israel281:305,63026,425
Pakistan211:8,506,85244,204
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
India51:153,413,076951,030
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6391:78,5898,314

Swab (335) may also be a first name.

Swab Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swab (Hindi: स्वाब, Oriya: ାବ) is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swab? popularity and diffusion

The surname Swab is the 331,076th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,518,377 people. The last name Swab is predominantly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Swab live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 478,225th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 335 people.

The surname Swab is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 931 people, or 1 in 389,322. In The United States it is primarily found in: Florida, where 8 percent reside, Ohio, where 7 percent reside and California, where 5 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Swab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swab has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Swab surname grew 146 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swab Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Swab last name are 18.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.71% registered with the party.

The amount Swab earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.74% less than the national average, earning $40,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.33% more than the national average, earning $49,846 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swaib89738/
Swaab89549/
Szwab89380/
Shwab89138/
Swaeb8928/
Swhab892/
Swabh891/
Swahb891/
Swaub891/
Swuab890/
Schwab8079,673/
Shwaib8029/
Swahab802/
Sxhwab801/
Shwaab801/
Svab75668/
Suab75180/
Swap75129/
Swob7598/
Sweb7533/
Sbab756/
Zwab751/
Schwaab733,384/
Schwabs733/
Schwaib731/
Schwaub731/
Schwuab730/
Shvab674,613/
Sbaib671,181/
Swapp671,063/
Shuab67432/
Sweeb67142/
Swaap6763/
Swaep6762/
Svaib6757/
Svabø6740/
Szwob6736/
Szweb6719/
Sweap6717/
Svabs6716/
Shwap6716/
Zwaab6714/
Swape679/
Shbab679/
Shweb674/
Chwab673/
Svaeb671/
Swaav671/
Schwaaab671/
Suaab671/
Suabh671/
Shwob671/
Szvab671/
Swaip671/
Swebh671/
Sveab671/
Sbahb671/
Swaup670/
Sweib670/

Swab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swab in the Hindi language
स्वाबsvaba-
Swab in the Oriya language
ାବaba-

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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 Swab
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