Swande Surname

401,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 876 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Swande Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swande Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7711:229,75713,446
Zambia431:368,60319,020
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Swande (85) may also be a first name.

Swande Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swande occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swande? popularity and diffusion

Swande is the 401,066th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,319,116 people. The surname Swande occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Swande live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Swande is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 85 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 771 people, or 1 in 229,757. In Nigeria Swande is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 87 percent live, Kebbi, where 3 percent live and Taraba, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swandie9212/
Swandeh926/
Swandee922/
Swandhe921/
Szwander8628/
Schwande861/
Swandi831,570/
Swanda83822/
Swandy83264/
Svande8326/
Suande8326/
Sbande838/
Swamde834/
Schwandes8066/
Suandet77204/
Suandee7774/
Szwanda7759/
Swandhi7735/
Swuandi779/
Shwanda775/
Suandie775/
Suander772/
Svander771/
Szwandy771/
Shvande771/
Swhanda771/
Szwonder71195/
Shvander7153/
Szwąnder715/
Suandech714/
Suhandei714/
Swandaya714/
Sveander712/
Shuandes711/
Schwandy710/
Suandi6710,470/
Suanda674,662/
Svanda67435/
Suandy67320/
Sbandi67281/
Szwede6780/
Schuander6710/
Svende679/
Schvandes679/
Schwonder676/
Zuande673/
Swonda673/
Schuandes672/
Svandi671/
Schvander671/
Schwandis671/
Swomde671/
Swondi671/
Sbonde671/

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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 Swande
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