Swans Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

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

Swans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States891:4,072,572219,877
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
England41:13,929,515290,718
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

Swans (18) may also be a first name.

Swans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swans occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Swans is the 1,604,449th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Swans reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Swans is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 18 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 4,072,572. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 22 percent reside, Florida, where 20 percent reside and Georgia, where 9 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 15 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Swans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swans has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 175 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Swans are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

The amount Swans earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 194.57% more than the national average, earning R 700,008 per year and in United States they earn 24.27% less than the national average, earning $32,675 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swaans91874/
Swains9138/
Swanse915/
Swanns915/
Swanss910/
Schwans83107/
Swanz80125/
Svans8079/
Suans8054/
Swams803/
Swons800/
Schwanse7766/
Schwansh771/
Schwanst770/
Suanse73302/
Swance73116/
Swaims7354/
Sweins7351/
Svanæs7340/
Shbans7316/
Svansø7312/
Szwanz737/
Shwanz736/
Swanze735/
Shvans734/
Suanst731/
Zwansh731/
Svanås731/
Schvans6716/
Swantje6710/
Svatins674/
Schuans672/
Shwance671/
Swannjt671/

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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 Swans
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