Swaniso Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Swaniso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Swaniso Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia451:53,5426,362
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524

Swaniso (15) may also be a first name.

Swaniso Last Name Facts

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

Swaniso has its highest incidence in Namibia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Swaniso? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,776,799th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Swaniso occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Swaniso live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.

The surname is most widely held in Namibia, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 53,542. In Namibia it is most common in: Zambezi Region, where 89 percent reside, Kavango East Region, where 9 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Namibia Swaniso occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swanisa863/
Swanisha801/
Suanico71260/
Swanusa716/
Sboniso713/
Suaneso711/
Suaneco571/
Zuanisah5321/
Zuhanisa538/
Suhaniza531/
Zuhannisa5012/
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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 Swaniso
  • 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