Swedish Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Swedish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 171 | 1:2,119,643 | 134,411 |
| Oman | 63 | 1:58,539 | 2,784 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Swedish (278) may also be a first name.
Swedish Demographics
Average Swedish Salary in
United States
$48,385 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Swedish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swedish Come From? nationality or country of origin
Swedish occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Swedish? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 940,398th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Swedish occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Swedish reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 532,586th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 278 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 2,119,643. In The United States Swedish is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 20 percent are found, New York, where 18 percent are found and Virginia, where 14 percent are found. Aside from The United States Swedish occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Oman, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.
Swedish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Swedish has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Swedish surname grew 17,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Swedish Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Swedish last name are 17.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.52% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Swedish earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 12.13% more than the national average, earning $48,385 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.8% more than the national average, earning $55,546 CAD per year.
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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 Swedish
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