Swartland Surname

372,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 963 people bear this surname

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

Swartland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swartland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9361:57,8827,340
Botswana221:99,40615,343
England31:18,572,686338,250
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Swartland (34) may also be a first name.

Swartland Last Name Facts

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

Swartland is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swartland? popularity and diffusion

The last name Swartland is the 372,504th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 7,567,545 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Swartland are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Swartland is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 936 people, or 1 in 57,882. In South Africa Swartland is most common in: Western Cape, where 54 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 13 percent reside and Limpopo, where 11 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Swartland Last Name Statistics demography

Swartland earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.82% less than the national average, earning R 178,668 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swaartland9512/
Zwartland8915/
Swartlant891/
Swärdh Linde571/

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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 Swartland
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