Sweijen Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Sweijen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweijen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands821:205,94128,291
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397

Sweijen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sweijen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweijen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,047,559th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Sweijen live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 205,941. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 60 percent are found, Limburg, where 15 percent are found and North Brabant, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swijen926/
Swejen922/
Schweijen881/
Swijsen86320/
Swijzen862/
Shweijn861/
Swien837/
Swienc7735/
Swegen7718/
Swigen778/
Swesen778/
Swient776/
Swizen773/
Swesin771/
Suejen771/
Swiene771/
Swaijn771/
Swegin771/
Swexin771/
Swezin771/
Swisen770/
Sweein770/
Swiein770/
Swicen770/
Schweisen759/
Schweizen751/
Schween711,460/
Schwein71746/
Shwesin7191/
Suijten7148/
Swieten7143/
Sweazen7130/
Swaigen7115/
Zwijzen7110/
Sweezen715/
Sweeing712/
Sweeinn711/
Sweeyin711/
Svedjen711/
Swehing711/
Sweagen711/
Swiggen711/
Schweigent711/
Schweitgen710/
Swesing710/
Swaesen710/
Swizsen710/
Swaen67342/
Svien67275/
Swiin6766/
Schweain6737/
Swyen6719/
Zwien679/
Sueen675/
Suein675/
Schwesin672/
Sweetgen671/
Sweechin671/
Swajn671/
Schwegen671/
Svejn671/

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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 Sweijen
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