Sweens Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Sweens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1401:120,62318,951
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sweens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sweens occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweens? popularity and diffusion

Sweens is the 1,453,389th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Sweens live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 120,623. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 58 percent live, South Holland, where 24 percent live and Utrecht, where 10 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swens91154/
Schweens867/
Sweins8351/
Swaens837/
Zweens832/
Sbeens831/
Sweems831/
Swenns831/
Shwens830/
Swense830/
Swns801/
Schwens7768/
Swyns7334/
Suens7320/
Swems7316/
Swins739/
Swenz730/
Schwense711/
Sehebens711/
Swijns6761/
Swenje6747/
Swains6738/
Swemze6721/
Suhens6717/
Swence671/
Swenze671/
Souens670/
Swench670/
Suenns670/

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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 Sweens
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