Swames Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Swames Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Swames Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swames Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swames is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swames? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Swames occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Swames live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 100 percent reside. Not including South Africa Swames occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Swames
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