Swee Surname

123,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Swee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1,9201:15,3621,537
United States4591:789,67161,028
Liberia3841:11,4811,245
Singapore3421:16,104685
Brunei1881:2,227402
Thailand1401:504,56087,939
Mauritius641:20,2104,215
Kenya471:982,55134,283
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Qatar161:147,37516,023
India161:47,941,586492,263
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
China81:170,915,1968,932
Norway71:734,61250,907
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
England21:27,859,030389,889
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Swee (71,739) may also be a first name.

Swee Last Name Facts

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

Swee occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swee? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 123,568th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,972,806 people. Swee occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Swee are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 57 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 13,590th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 71,739 people.

It is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 1,920 people, or 1 in 15,362. In Malaysia Swee is most numerous in: Selangor, where 41 percent live, Johor, where 14 percent live and Sarawak, where 9 percent live. Aside from Malaysia this surname exists in 30 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and Liberia, where 10 percent live.

Swee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swee last name expanded 5,738 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swee Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Swee surname are 8.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.45% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Swee earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.48% less than the national average, earning 209,449 kr per year and in United States they earn 25.75% more than the national average, earning $54,260 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwee897/
Hswee892/
Sweee891/
Sweea891/
Sweey891/
Swe86183,646/
Shweer8017/
Sweeds804/
Szweeh801/
Sweehy801/
Sweeph801/
Sweesz800/
Sweess800/
Shwe75137,230/
Swie75507/
Svee75425/
Swei75261/
Sweh75158/
Swea7553/
Suee7517/
Hswe7511/
Swey755/
Swue754/
Swej754/
Sbee753/
Szwe752/
Sweu751/
Swwe751/
Swje751/
Swhe751/
Xwee751/
Xswe751/
Schweez7310/
Shwehet732/
Shhweez731/
Shwheed731/
Shweesh731/
D'Sweet731/
Sweih671,804/
Szwej67624/
Chwee67241/
Szwez6792/
Schwe6759/
Szwer6736/
Sweas6736/
Szwet6733/
Shuee6732/
Sweys6725/
Sjwed6721/
Sveed6721/
Sveet6719/
Swedh679/
Swedt677/
Shwes676/
Schweedt676/
Shbee675/
Sueie673/
Szwes673/
Szwep673/
Szwei673/
Szwey672/
Szweć672/
Zweej672/
Sveea672/
Swess671/
Swwet671/
Schweerr671/
Shvee671/
Shwie671/
Swezt671/
Zswed671/
Souee671/
Swieh671/
Shwea671/
Zsbee671/
Shwey670/
Sweds670/
Swiej670/

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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 Swee
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