Swaffin Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Swaffin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Swaffin Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Swaffin Last Name Facts

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

Swaffin is found most frequently in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Swaffin.

How Common Is The Last Name Swaffin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Swaffin is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Swaffin live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Swaffin is most frequent in: Virginia, where 100 percent are found. Apart from The United States it occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 25 percent are found.

Swaffin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swaffin has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Swaffin last name decreased 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swafing8639/
Swiffin8628/
Swaffen860/
Szaffián8020/
Swaffonw801/
Suafin7719/
Swavin771/
Swfn738/
Swiffen71124/
Szafián7154/
Szafian7110/
Siafian717/
Swafwan714/
Suafina712/
Swoffen710/
Swfan672/
Swafuyan671/
Suafim621/
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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 Swaffin
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