Swannepoel Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Swannepoel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swannepoel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Swannepoel Last Name Facts

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

Swannepoel is most common in South Africa. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Swannepoel.

How Common Is The Last Name Swannepoel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Swannepoel is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Swannepoel reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa Swannepoel is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 48 percent live, Gauteng, where 36 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Swannepoel Last Name Statistics demography

Swannepoel earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.14% less than the national average, earning R 125,616 per year.

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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 Swannepoel
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