Swaw Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Swaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2221:1,632,698109,247
India201:38,353,269431,471
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Swaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swaw is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,028,911th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Swaw live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 1,632,698. In The United States it is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 56 percent reside, Illinois, where 9 percent reside and Washington, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Swaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swaw has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 7,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Swaw surname are 31.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78% registered to vote for the political party.

Swaw earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.7% more than the national average, earning $44,316 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swhaw893/
Swaiw891/
Swaiwe802/
Sweawe801/
Swaf75280/
Suaw7592/
Swow7514/
Zwaw752/
Schwawe731/
Szwab67380/
Shwaf67154/
Svowa6728/
Swaif6723/
Swaiv6715/
Suawe6710/
Swafe675/
Swhab672/
Swaff672/
Sweaf671/
Swavs671/
Swaft671/
Swaav671/

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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 Swaw
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