Sway Surname
Approximately 3,856 people bear this surname
Sway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,439 | 1:15,394 | 1,992 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Jordan | 102 | 1:86,691 | 6,631 |
| Liberia | 85 | 1:51,865 | 4,614 |
| Palestine | 27 | 1:168,476 | 8,634 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Guyana | 15 | 1:50,815 | 4,586 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
Sway (773) may also be a first name.
Sway Demographics
Average Male Sway Height
177.67 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sway (Arabic: صوي, Hindi: स्वय) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sway? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 119,210th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,889,924 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sway live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 295,214th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 773 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,439 people, or 1 in 15,394. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 58 percent live, Arusha Region, where 17 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Tanzania Sway is found in 23 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Jordan, where 3 percent live.
Sway Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Sway earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 12.55% more than the national average, earning $55,916 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sway Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sway in the Hindi language | ||
| स्वय | svaya | - |
| Sway in the Arabic language | ||
| صوي | swy | - |
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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
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- 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 Sway
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