Swailam Surname

276,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Swailam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swailam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,1591:79,3237,119
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Swailam Last Name Facts

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

Swailam is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swailam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 276,555th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,197,964 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Swailam are found; 83 percent are found in North Africa and 83 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is held by 1,159 people, or 1 in 79,323. Beside Egypt Swailam exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swailham931/
Swilam925,387/
Swalam9220/
Sweilam861,516/
Swillam86500/
Swallam86123/
Swealam866/
Swaliam861/
Sweillam80250/
Schwalam805/
Swilliam802/
Shwailan802/
Swailand800/
Swelam778,083/
Sualam7716/
Swylam7710/
Swalan773/
Svalam771/
Svilam771/
Swaisland75313/
Sweilliam751/
Swellam711,526/
Sweelam71521/
Swallom71127/
Swalian7161/
Swahlan7146/
Swilian7122/
Suilham7119/
Sweylam7116/
Suaylam7112/
Shuilam716/
Swalang715/
Suilaim711/
Suallam711/
Swalane711/
Shualam711/
Chwalam711/
Swallan710/
Swatland67120/
Swalheim6765/
Swahlang678/
Shwalane672/
Swayland672/
Sualiamn671/
Swithlan671/
Sweilean671/
Sweillan671/
Swaitlon671/

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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 Swailam
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