Swayles Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Swayles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swayles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales41:773,63329,106
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Swayles Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swayles has its highest incidence in Wales. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swayles? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Swayles live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly held in Wales, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 773,633. In Wales Swayles is primarily concentrated in: Gwynedd, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Wales Swayles exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 29 percent reside and Scotland, where 14 percent reside.

Swayles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Swayles has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swales927,007/
Swyles920/
Swayle920/
Swailes861,327/
Sweales8663/
Swaeles8643/
Swalles867/
Swalies861/
Swayele861/
Swayile861/
Shwayle861/
Swayler860/
Swale833,594/
Swals831/
Schwales802/
Swailles801/
Swaysley801/
Swaleh779,907/
Swails771,416/
Swaile77272/
Swalle77225/
Swalls77216/
Swaley77173/
Swalec77153/
Suales77130/
Swaels77115/
Shwale7727/
Swyler7713/
Swalei7713/
Swalis777/
Swalee776/
Swalep775/
Swalhe773/
Swiles772/
Swalea772/
Swaale772/
Swaler771/
Swlesz771/
Swalze771/
Swahle771/
Swalie771/
Sweles771/
Swalez771/
Swajle771/
Swalsh771/
Swoyle770/
Swalley711,168/
Swalleh71319/
Swaileh71263/
Szwalec71199/
Swallie71170/
Swaller71103/
Swaaley7127/
Swaalep7127/
Schwale7124/
Suhayle717/
Swatler715/
Swaaleh714/
Swealeh714/
Swailey713/
Sboyles711/
Shweale711/
Shwwale711/
Swaalls711/
Swaills711/
Swalish711/
Swallee711/
Swehale711/
Svalesh711/
Szwalis711/
Swalihe711/
Swaylia711/
Sveyles711/
Swasley710/
Suale673,445/
Swali672,200/
Swala671,283/
Swele67555/
Svale67366/
Schwalje67183/
Swile67140/
Schwalie67117/
Schwalge6779/
Swaly6771/
Schwalls6759/
Szwaglis6716/
Sbale6714/
Swels6711/
Swatelle675/
Swattler674/
Swaalehe674/
Schwaler673/
Sweattle673/
Schwaled672/
Schwalle672/
Suals672/
Suhaylie672/
Swils671/
Szhwalje671/
Swuhayla671/
Schuales671/
Schwalei670/
Schwyler670/
Schwaule670/
Swalz670/

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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 Swayles
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