Sweh Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Sweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 146 | 1:30,195 | 2,888 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sweh (19) may also be a first name.
Sweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sweh is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sweh.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sweh is the 1,385,851st most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sweh are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name globally, held by 19 people.
The last name Sweh is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 30,195. In Liberia Sweh is primarily found in: Sinoe County, where 42 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 34 percent reside and Grand Gedeh County, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sweh
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