Swawn Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Swawn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swawn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Swawn (9) may also be a first name.

Swawn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swawn occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swawn? popularity and diffusion

The last name Swawn is the 10,311,814th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Swawn are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Swawn is also the 3,941,740th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 9 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New Jersey, where 50 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 50 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 33 percent are found.

Swawn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Swawn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swawn surname decreased 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swawin911/
Suawin731/
Chwawng671/
Suabn603/
Suhavn5533/
Suaben552/
Swoben552/
Suabin552/
Suaven551/
Sweiven5058/
Shvabin502/
Chuhawn501/
Chhwown501/

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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 Swawn
  • 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