Swedi Surname

30,977th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Swedi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swedi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo8,7151:8,4771,050
Tanzania7,8821:6,717875
Iran1871:410,60226,140
Kenya1761:262,38617,495
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Indonesia471:2,813,813160,835
Zimbabwe371:417,25037,018
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Niger201:959,60121,357
Zambia91:1,761,10232,119
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
England31:18,572,686338,250
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Swedi (6,648) may also be a first name.

Swedi Last Name Facts

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

Swedi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻮﻳﺪﻱ) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Swedi? popularity and diffusion

Swedi is the 30,977th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 422,761 people. The surname Swedi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Swedi reside; 51 percent reside in Central Africa and 51 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Swedi is also the 80,232nd most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 6,648 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 8,715 people, or 1 in 8,477. Not including The DR Congo it exists in 28 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 46 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.

Swedi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Swedi surname is predominantly Muslim (83%) in Kenya.

Swedi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.24% less than the national average, earning R 123,012 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweidi911,153/
Swaedi91462/
Sweïdi91143/
Sweydi91104/
Swedie9110/
Sweedi9110/
Swiedi912/
Shwehdi839,838/
S'Weidi83165/
Shweidi8329/
S'Weydi839/
Sweedie831/
Sweidei831/
S'Weïdi831/
Schwedi831/
Swaedie831/
Suedi801,539/
Swedy801,499/
Swede80980/
Swadi80728/
Sweda80725/
Swidi8059/
Svedi8021/
Sweidieh774/
Schweidi773/
Schwedie771/
Szweda736,160/
Sweidy73936/
Sweedy73759/
Sweida73242/
Sweede73112/
Sweïdy73110/
Szwede7380/
Swaidi7345/
Souedi7337/
Swejda7336/
Sweeda7329/
Shweda7322/
Swieda7320/
Sweade7318/
Sweddy7313/
Swaadi7313/
Sweide7310/
Swadie736/
Svedio736/
Swidie736/
Shvedi735/
Swedeh735/
Sweidj734/
Shwadi734/
S'Widi731/
S'Wydi731/
Sweyde731/
Sweydy731/
Switdi731/
Swadei731/
Swadhi731/
Svedih731/
Swedje731/
Swihdi731/
Swaede731/
Svedyi731/
Swatdi731/
Sueddi731/
Schweda673,272/
Schwede672,699/
Szwejda67360/
Suedois67107/
Soueïdi6788/
S'Weidy6756/
Szweder6744/
Sweadee6734/
Shvedis6727/
Soueydi6726/
Sweider6724/
Szweada6722/
Shvedai6722/
Swaydis6716/
Shweder6714/
Szwedes6712/
Szweida6711/
Shouedi675/
Schwedy672/
Schweidish672/
Svedish671/
S'Waidi671/
S'Waydi671/
S'Weide671/
Sweeddy671/
Sweedha671/
Swaedee671/
Shbeidi671/
Schvedi671/
Szwedda671/
Szwieda671/
Sweihda671/
Swiedeh671/
Shwedeh671/
Sweetde671/
Suaeidi671/
Swiddie670/
Sweedes670/

Swedi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swedi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺳﻮﻳﺪﻱaswydy66.67
ﺍﺳﻮﻳﺪﻯaswydy33.33

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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 Swedi
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