Sweenay Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sweenay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Sweenay Demographics
Sweenay Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sweenay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweenay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sweenay has its highest incidence in Wales. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sweenay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweenay? popularity and diffusion
Sweenay is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Sweenay are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in British Isles.
The surname is most numerous in Wales, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,031,511. In Wales it is mostly found in: Denbighshire, where 100 percent reside. Not including Wales it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.
Sweenay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sweenay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sweenay last name declined 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sweenay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sweenay surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Sweenay
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