Swaels Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Swaels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swaels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium411:280,40633,354
Argentina391:1,095,98566,746
France311:2,142,668174,004
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Swaels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swaels is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Swaels click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swaels? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,701,480th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name Swaels is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Swaels are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 34 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 280,406. In Belgium Swaels is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Belgium this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 34 percent are found and France, where 27 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swaeles9243/
Swels9111/
Swails831,416/
Swells8316/
Sweels831/
Swoels831/
Swailes771,327/
Sweales7763/
Swayles777/
Swwells771/
Swaills771/
Suels7360/
Swils731/
Swlsh730/
Schwiels711/
Swailles711/
Souels6726/
Suells672/
Shuels671/
Sueyls671/
Swlesz671/
Swills671/

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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 Swaels
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