Swails Surname

274,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,416 people bear this surname

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

Swails Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swails Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4031:258,34624,420
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2171:231,42319,482

Swails Last Name Facts

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

Swails occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Swails click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swails? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 274,373rd most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,146,572 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Swails live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Swails is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,403 people, or 1 in 258,346. In The United States Swails is mostly found in: Florida, where 11 percent are found, Georgia, where 10 percent are found and South Carolina, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Swails Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swails has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 647 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swails Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Swails last name are 22.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.08% registered with the party.

Swails earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.73% less than the national average, earning $41,540 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swailes921,327/
Swaills921/
Swals911/
Swils911/
Swailles861/
Swales837,007/
Swalls83216/
Swaels83115/
Swiles832/
Swills831/
Swalsh831/
Sweales7763/
Swaeles7743/
Swayles777/
Swalles777/
Swaalls771/
Swels7311/
Suals732/
Swalz730/
Schwalls7159/
Szwaglis7116/
Schwales712/
Schwiels711/
Schwills710/
Suales67130/
Svills6718/
Swells6716/
Chwals6710/
Suiles6710/
Svalås676/
Zwalsh673/
Svalse671/
Swoels671/
Swalze671/
Sweels671/
Sweles671/
Swalez671/
Svahls670/
Swallz670/
Swyles670/

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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
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  • 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 Swails
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