Sweiss Surname

617,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Sweiss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweiss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3521:1,029,71375,652
Jordan681:130,0367,943
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
England131:4,286,005132,302
Qatar121:196,50026,891
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Sweiss Last Name Facts

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

Sweiss (Arabic: صويص) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweiss? popularity and diffusion

It is the 617,057th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Sweiss live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Sweiss is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 352 people, or 1 in 1,029,713. In The United States it is most numerous in: Illinois, where 53 percent are found, California, where 25 percent are found and Arizona, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Sweiss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sweiss has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sweiss surname rose 8,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sweiss Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sweiss last name are 11.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.94% registered with the political party.

The amount Sweiss earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.93% less than the national average, earning R 14,424 per year and in United States they earn 18.17% more than the national average, earning $50,990 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweis913,312/
Swiss911,526/
Swess911/
Schweiss861,514/
Swiess83283/
Swaiss8367/
Swisse8349/
Sweijs8316/
Sweish8313/
Shweis832/
Sweisz831/
Swissx831/
Sweise830/
Sweess830/
Swei80261/
Swis80105/
Swes8012/
Schweis7784/
Shweish7710/
Schwess772/
Schwiss771/
Sweisch770/
Suess734,419/
Sweih731,804/
Swies73223/
Sweii73122/
Swais73109/
Swass7363/
Swise7352/
Sweas7336/
Swish7331/
Sweys7325/
Swisz7323/
Sweyi7310/
Suiss737/
Shwes736/
Swese734/
Swesh733/
Szwei733/
Szwes733/
Svess732/
Sweji732/
Sbiss732/
Sviss731/
Swijs731/
Swaes731/
Swees731/
Xweis731/
Sweds730/
Schweihs71204/
Schwiess718/
Schweisz718/
Schweits714/
Schweise711/
Schweish711/
Shweishe711/
Schveiss711/
Schweist710/
Swe67183,646/
Suisse67960/
Shweih67792/
Shwish67247/
Schwei67245/
Swi67234/
Swoish67232/
Sweihi67178/
Suesse67140/
Shweij67100/
Sweitz6787/
Schwis6780/
Swiesz6733/
Swetts6733/
Svesse6717/
Sweiha6714/
Sweijd6714/
Sweich6712/
Swijas6712/
Shweit6711/
Sbaiss679/
Swaies677/
Shwesh677/
Sweihd675/
Sweeds674/
Sweyid673/
Sveise673/
Sweiid672/
Szwest672/
Sweihy672/
Schwaisst672/
Shweio671/
Sweyih671/
Swisch671/
Shweiz671/
Szwejs671/
Sweihj671/
Swasse671/
Shweyi671/
Sweiyi671/
Sweiah671/
Sweiiy671/
Swaits670/
Swaish670/
Schweisch670/
Sweesz670/
Swhies670/
Swayes670/
Shuess670/
Swheiy670/
Souess670/

Sweiss Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sweiss in the Arabic language
صويصswys-

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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 Sweiss
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