Swaif Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Swaif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swaif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
England81:6,964,757184,742
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

Swaif (51) may also be a first name.

Swaif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swaif is most common in Egypt. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swaif? popularity and diffusion

The last name Swaif is the 4,116,508th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Swaif live; 39 percent live in North Africa and 39 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Swaif is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 51 people.

This last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Other than Egypt this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 35 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swaf89280/
Swif8915/
Sweif80214/
Shwaf80154/
Swiff8024/
Swaiv8015/
Swief809/
Switf806/
Swafe805/
Svaif804/
Swife804/
Szwif803/
Swaff802/
Sweaf801/
Swifz801/
Swaft801/
Shwif801/
Swaiw801/
Swifs800/
Shwiff7375/
Schwaf7322/
Swifft734/
Swiftt734/
Swifth733/
Swwift732/
Swaiyb731/
Switft731/
Shwaiv731/
Shvaif731/
Suaaif731/
Shwift730/
Swaw67245/
Suif6770/
Suaf6720/
Schwaff6714/
Schwaaf6710/
Schwiff673/
Svif673/
Swiv671/
Svaf671/
Swef671/
Sbif671/
Schwafe670/
Schwift670/

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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 Swaif
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