Swalem Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Libya

Swalem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swalem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2751:334,31221,412
Libya491:127,428674
England51:11,143,612252,590
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Swalem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swalem is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swalem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 832,284th most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Swalem reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 334,312. Apart from Egypt this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Libya, where 15 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Swalem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swalem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Swalem last name contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swailem921,273/
Swallem92124/
Swaleem926/
Shwalem921/
Swaliem921/
Swaylem921/
Swalheim8665/
Shwailem862/
Schwalem862/
S'Wailem861/
S'Waylem861/
Sswaylem861/
Swelem831,362/
Swalen8343/
Sualem8332/
Swalim8330/
Sweilem7720,031/
Sweylem77254/
Swailim77131/
Swallen77126/
Sweïlem77108/
Swahlen7726/
Swaleen7720/
Swealim774/
Zwahlem774/
Shwolem772/
Sweelem771/
Swaelim771/
Shualem771/
Swailen771/
Sualeem771/
S'Welem771/
Swelhem771/
Sweliem771/
Shwalen770/
Swaln732/
Schwalen71312/
Sweillem71245/
S'Weilem71231/
Svalheim7196/
Shwailen7137/
Swelheim7136/
S'Weylem7127/
Shwaleng7114/
Swalheen7110/
Sweyleme719/
Sweileme715/
Swahleen712/
Swaillim711/
Sw'eylem711/
Schwalne710/
Swelim67893/
Sualim67120/
Swalin6797/
Schwahlen6787/
Suelem6745/
Svalen6730/
S'Weileme6713/
Swalén677/
Zwalen674/
Svalim673/
Sualne672/
Sweilleme671/
Sualen671/
Schwallen670/
Swolen670/

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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 Swalem
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