Swats Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Swats Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swats Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States581:865,83952,959

Swats Last Name Facts

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

Swats is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swats? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Swats is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Swats reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 36 percent reside and Pakistan, where 7 percent reside.

Swats Last Name Statistics demography

Swats earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.09% less than the national average, earning R 187,512 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swatts91196/
Sweats9150/
Swatse911/
Szwats911/
Swaths911/
Swatzs910/
Swaits910/
Swaites8317/
Shwatse837/
Schwats832/
Swatz8047/
Svats804/
Swads800/
Swots800/
Swacs800/
Swaithes7763/
Shwaites770/
Schwaits770/
Swatch73205/
Shvats7349/
Sweatz7341/
Suates7317/
Swatrz7316/
Shwatz7313/
Swaitz731/
Swathc731/
Swatze730/
Swatcz730/
Swhatz730/
Sveats730/
Swaatz730/
Swattz730/
Swaithess711/
Schwatz67290/
Shvayts6741/
Swaitch6717/
Swaz677/
Swac674/
Shvaits674/
Schuats672/
Schwads672/
Swatche671/
Shvauts671/
Schwatc671/
Shwattz671/
Swaitze670/
Swahatz670/

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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 Swats
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis