Swaford Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Swaford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swaford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States651:5,576,291276,051
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Swaford Last Name Facts

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

Swaford is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Swaford? popularity and diffusion

The surname Swaford is the 2,372,517th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Swaford are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 5,576,291. In The United States Swaford is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 40 percent are found, South Carolina, where 9 percent are found and Arkansas, where 6 percent are found.

Swaford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swaford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Swaford surname expanded 232 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swaford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Swaford surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered with the political party.

Swaford earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.09% less than the national average, earning $28,441 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swafford9312,552/
Swasford932/
Sweaford931/
Swatford931/
Swawford930/
Swafor920/
Sweafford885/
Swaffoerd884/
Swaffordd882/
Swassford881/
Swafard861/
Swoford861/
Swaffor860/
Swofford802,733/
Swaffard8043/
Swefford804/
Swoeford801/
Swafferd800/
Swaforth800/
Swuiford800/
Suafford800/
Sweisford7539/
Swoffords751/
Swoffford750/
Swaffar71421/
Swofard710/
Swoffard6739/
Shueford671/
Suofford670/
Swofferd670/
Schweisford670/

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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 Swaford
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