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 occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swaims? popularity and diffusion

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

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

Swaims Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swaims has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swaims last name grew 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 US average, with 66.67% being 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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