Swamlow Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Swamlow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swamlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058

Swamlow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swamlow is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swamlow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Swamlow occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Swamlow are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 3,009,872. In South Africa Swamlow is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 61 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live.

Swamlow Last Name Statistics demography

Swamlow earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.6% more than the national average, earning R 279,456 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swanlow8683/
Smilow77204/
Smolow7765/
Smulow7713/
Smelow778/
Smallow7116/
Swanlaw7115/
Smellow7112/
Smielow710/
Smillow710/
Smalloow671/
Szumilow671/
Szmielow671/
Szymlów571/

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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 Swamlow
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