Sweir Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Sweir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Sweir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sweir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻮﻳﺮ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sweir is the 11,742,229th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Sweir reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 4,094,863. In Mauritania Sweir is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent live.
Sweir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sweir has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sweir last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sweir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sweir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻮﻳﺮ | aswyr | - |
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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 Sweir
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