Swebe Surname

246,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,614 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Swebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,5201:34,8304,064
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
England21:27,859,030389,889
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Swebe (72) may also be a first name.

Swebe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swebe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swebe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 246,410th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,515,208 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Swebe are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Swebe is also the 1,143,416th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 72 people.

The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,520 people, or 1 in 34,830. In Tanzania Swebe is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 46 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent are found and Songwe Region, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Swebe Last Name Statistics demography

Swebe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.48% less than the national average, earning R 160,464 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweebe91198/
Swaebe9134/
Swebea9111/
Swebhe9110/
Schwebe83244/
Sweiber837/
Shweber832/
Shwebea831/
Sweeber830/
Sweve80193/
Swabe8099/
Swebi8082/
Sweby8074/
Swibe8065/
Sweba8056/
Swobe8031/
Suebe8010/
Schwaebe7772/
Schwebes7711/
Schwebhe775/
Szweiber772/
Sweiberr771/
S'Weiber771/
Schwebet771/
Schweibe770/
Swabey73627/
Szwabe73219/
Sweeby7335/
Swibes7334/
Shwabe7313/
Sweiba737/
Swaeby735/
Shuebe734/
Sveber733/
Swabeh733/
Sueber732/
Swaibe732/
Suebet732/
Swevey732/
Suebes731/
Szweba731/
Sweyba731/
Swabei731/
Sweeba731/
Swabea730/
Shwobe730/
Sweaby730/
Schweiber7116/
Schwebech710/
Schweaber710/
Schwabe6716,187/
Schwäbe67288/
Schwobe67197/
Szueber6723/
Suebhet679/
Shweibi673/
Schweisber673/
Shueber672/
Sweavey672/
Shveber671/
Swajber671/
Zweibeh671/
Sweevui671/
Sweevey671/
Suheber671/
Schweve671/
Suebhed671/

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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 Swebe
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