Swaims Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

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

Swaims Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swaims Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:6,712,202314,667
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Swaims Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swaims is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swaims? popularity and diffusion

Swaims is the 2,635,433rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname Swaims is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Swaims reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 6,712,202. In The United States Swaims is primarily concentrated in: Arkansas, where 52 percent live, New Mexico, where 17 percent live and Texas, where 17 percent live.

Swaims Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swaims has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swaims Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Swaims surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

Swaims earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.96% less than the national average, earning $32,381 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swims91835/
Swams913/
Swains8338/
Swimms832/
Swans73126/
Swems7316/
Zwims734/
Suams731/
Suims730/
Swaans67874/
Swijns6761/
Sweins6751/
Swaens677/
Swanse675/
Swanns675/
Sweems671/
Shuams671/
Suhams671/
Swanss670/

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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 Swaims
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