Swalow Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Swalow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swalow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
England21:27,859,030389,889
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Swalow Last Name Facts

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

Swalow is most common in Indonesia. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Swalow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swalow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Swalow occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Swalow are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: East Java, where 92 percent reside and West Kalimantan, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.

Swalow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Swalow has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Swalow last name increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swallow9210,319/
Swalows922/
Swaloow921/
Swalowa920/
Swallowe8619/
Sweatlow862/
Swallowa861/
Schwalow860/
Swaluw8319/
Schwatlow8014/
Schwallow801/
Swalllows800/
Chwalow7716/
Swollow775/
Suallow770/
Swallaw770/
Schwolow711,918/
Swatloff718/
Swollows711/
Svalov671,261/
Sualov679/
Schwollow673/
Sualaw671/
Suelow671/

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Swalow Reference & Research

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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 Swalow
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis