Sweft Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Sweft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Sweft (3) may also be a first name.
Sweft Demographics
Sweft Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sweft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sweft is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweft? popularity and diffusion
Sweft is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Sweft are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 7,463,778th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 3 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Sweft is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 100 percent live. Barring The United States it occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 33 percent live.
Sweft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sweft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sweft last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sweft Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeft | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sweftt | 91 | 1 | / |
| Swift | 80 | 62,158 | / |
| Swoft | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sueft | 80 | 2 | / |
| Swaft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Swyft | 80 | 0 | / |
| Shweifet | 77 | 2 | / |
| Swifte | 73 | 166 | / |
| Sweibt | 73 | 16 | / |
| Swiftt | 73 | 4 | / |
| Swifft | 73 | 4 | / |
| Swifth | 73 | 3 | / |
| Swwift | 73 | 2 | / |
| Switft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sweebt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shwift | 73 | 0 | / |
| Swiffts | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schwift | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schoueft | 62 | 1 | / |
| Svift | 60 | 156 | / |
| Suift | 60 | 2 | / |
| Swiwt | 60 | 1 | / |
| Zwipft | 55 | 4 | / |
| Suifet | 55 | 1 | / |
| Suiffet | 50 | 390 | / |
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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 Sweft
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