Swel Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Swel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Swel (145) may also be a first name.

Swel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swel (Hindi: स्वेल) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,485,539th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Swel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Swel live; 59 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 766,399th most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 145 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,457,852. In Malaysia Swel is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 83 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent are found and Brazil, where 13 percent are found.

Swel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Swel surname grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swele89555/
Swell89228/
Swiel8943/
Sweel8921/
Shwel8910/
Swhel896/
Szwel895/
Swelt894/
Swelh892/
Swael891/
Swoel891/
Sweal890/
Swl8620/
Shweel80215/
Sweile80112/
Shwele8015/
Sweall809/
Shweil808/
Shwiel808/
Sweill806/
Shwell805/
Schwel805/
Swelle803/
Sweell802/
Swehle801/
Szwiel801/
Sweele801/
Swweel801/
Sweelh801/
Swheel801/
Suel752,266/
Sbel7544/
Swil7520/
Shwl7518/
Zwel754/
Swll754/
Zswl751/
Sswl751/
Swlh751/
Sxwl751/
Swyl751/
Swwl751/
Xwel751/
Xswl751/
Jswl751/
Swhl751/
Swlt750/
Schwell73100/
Schwele7344/
Swehele7311/
Swealeh734/
Schweil732/
Schwiel732/
Shwweel731/
Sweeleh731/
Shweale731/
Schwelt731/
Schwael731/
Sweille730/
Schweld730/
Suell67689/
Swail67631/
Shuel67376/
Swile67140/
Schwelle6783/
Swill6758/
Souel6750/
Suehl6732/
Shwil6719/
Swilp6713/
Schwehel6711/
Sbeel6710/
Suelt6710/
Szwil678/
S'Weileh674/
Sueld674/
Sbell673/
Suesl671/
Swwlh671/
Schweell671/
Schwehle671/
Swleh671/
Zwuel671/
Swilh671/
Swltd671/
Shbel671/
Schwoell670/

Swel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swel in the Hindi language
स्वेलsvela-

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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 Swel
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