Swards Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Swards Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swards Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia341:793,99150,673
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Swards Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swards is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swards? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,909,720th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 76 percent of Swards live; 76 percent live in Australasia and 76 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 793,991. In Australia Swards is primarily found in: Tasmania, where 53 percent live, Victoria, where 32 percent live and South Australia, where 15 percent live. Aside from Australia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Ireland, where 2 percent live.

Swards Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swards has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 36 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Swards Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Swards last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Swards earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwards921/
Swardts921/
Swaurds920/
Schwards864/
Swarts8323,557/
Swords835,042/
Swardz839/
Shwarts77148/
Swaerts7730/
Swartzs7726/
Swaarts7726/
Swartsz771/
Szwardz771/
Swoords771/
Swarths770/
Swharts770/
Swourds770/
Swarz73153/
Swarc7326/
Schwarts71246/
Schwardz712/
Swartz6766,759/
Szwarc678,821/
Zwarts672,321/
Swerts672,242/
Svarcs67145/
Shwarz6799/
Svarts6793/
Szwarz6779/
Sworts6749/
Schwerdts6710/
Shwarc675/
Swarcz675/
Schwartsz674/
Swartx674/
Swarch672/
Schwarstz672/
Szwarć671/
Schwartzs671/
Swartc671/
Suardz671/
Suarts671/
Zswarc671/
Schwartse671/
Swarzz671/

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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
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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 Swards
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