Swartling Surname

437,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 785 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Sweden

Swartling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swartling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3351:161,72418,138
Sweden2691:36,6052,948
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Thailand481:1,471,632200,579
Norway161:321,39331,311
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Swartling Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swartling is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Swartling click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swartling? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 437,080th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,283,498 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Swartling are found; 43 percent are found in Southern Africa and 43 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 335 people, or 1 in 161,724. In South Africa it is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 76 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent reside. Apart from South Africa Swartling is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Swartling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Swartling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swartling last name rose 1,443 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swartling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Swartling are 6.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.57% being registered with the political party.

The amount Swartling earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 57.06% more than the national average, earning 543,557 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 39.9% less than the national average, earning R 142,824 per year and in United States they earn 23.72% more than the national average, earning $53,384 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swartlings9525/
Schwartling9040/
Svartling89202/
Swardling8917/
Schwertling804/
Swerdling78216/
Swordling781/

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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 Swartling
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