Swedy Surname
Approximately 1,499 people bear this surname
Swedy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 990 | 1:53,476 | 5,879 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Swedy (752) may also be a first name.
Swedy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swedy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swedy occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Swedy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 261,733rd most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,861,605 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Swedy live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 299,703rd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 752 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 990 people, or 1 in 53,476. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 29 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 16 percent reside and Singida Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside Tanzania it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Swedy
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