Swarttouw Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Swarttouw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swarttouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1281:131,93120,423
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397

Swarttouw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swarttouw occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swarttouw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Swarttouw is the 1,527,735th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. Swarttouw occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Swarttouw are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 131,931. In The Netherlands Swarttouw is primarily found in: South Holland, where 72 percent are found, North Brabant, where 14 percent are found and Utrecht, where 5 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zwartouw8215/
Szwartow821/
Swarthof7110/
Swarthoff6728/
Swarthowt671/
Svartov634/
Suartaw633/
Schwarthoff6024/
Schwarthoof600/
Zwarthof5935/
Shvartov5927/
Svartova591/
Zwarthoff5638/
Shvartova562/
Swortojova530/
Svertov504/

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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 Swarttouw
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