Swedy Surname

261,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Swedy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swedy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania9901:53,4765,879
Egypt3661:251,19117,305
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Somalia91:1,494,6733,608
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

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 surname Swedy occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Swedy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 261,733rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,861,605 people. Swedy is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Swedy reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Swedy is also the 299,703rd most commonly held given name worldwide. It is borne by 752 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 990 people, or 1 in 53,476. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 29 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 16 percent reside and Singida Region, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweidy91936/
Sweedy91759/
Sweïdy91110/
Sweddy9113/
Sweydy911/
S'Weidy8356/
Schwedy832/
Sweeddy831/
Swedi8017,238/
Swede80980/
Sweda80725/
Swady8036/
Suedy8019/
Swody8016/
Swidy808/
S'Weiddy771/
Szweda736,160/
Sweidi731,153/
Swaedi73462/
Sweida73242/
Sweïdi73143/
Sweede73112/
Sweydi73104/
Szwede7380/
Swejda7336/
Sweeda7329/
Shweda7322/
Swieda7320/
Sweade7318/
Swidey7314/
Souedy7311/
Sweedi7310/
Swadey7310/
Swedie7310/
Sweide7310/
Swaddy738/
Swedeh735/
Swaidy735/
Sweidj734/
Swiedi732/
Svedyi731/
S'Wady731/
Sweyde731/
Swiday731/
Swedje731/
Swaede731/
Swoddy730/
Szwejdych711/
Shwehdi679,838/
Schweda673,272/
Schwede672,699/
Szwejda67360/
S'Weidi67165/
Shveday6748/
Szweder6744/
Sweadee6734/
Soueïdy6730/
Shweidi6729/
Sweider6724/
Szweada6722/
Shweder6714/
Szwedes6712/
Szweida6711/
S'Weydi679/
Shvedys672/
Sweidei671/
Souhedy671/
S'Weide671/
S'Woïdy671/
Swidaya671/
Sweedha671/
Soueday671/
S'Weïdi671/
Schwedi671/
Szwedda671/
Szwieda671/
Sweihda671/
Shwahdy671/
Swaedee671/
Swiedeh671/
Swaedie671/
Shwedeh671/
Sweetde671/
Sweedie671/
Sweedes670/

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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 Swedy
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