Swallay Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Swallay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 43 | 1:102,524 | 8,134 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Swallay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swallay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swallay is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swallay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Swallay are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 102,524. In Liberia it is most common in: Lofa County, where 77 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 19 percent are found and Grand Cape Mount County, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Guyana, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Swallay
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