Swalelo Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Swalelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Swalelo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994

Swalelo Last Name Facts

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

Swalelo occurs more in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swalelo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Swalelo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Swalelo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Swalelo is most frequent in Namibia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 481,880. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Kavango East Region, where 80 percent reside and Zambezi Region, where 20 percent reside. Besides Namibia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 29 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zwalelo861/
Swaleslad750/
Swalila71192/
Swelela7141/
Swalala7114/
Swalolla671/
Shwalala671/
Swalalah671/
Svalilou671/
Suelieloi631/
Suelela574/
Sualilah538/
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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 Swalelo
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