Swelam Surname

62,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,083 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Swelam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swelam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7,3221:12,5561,503
Saudi Arabia6361:48,5157,156
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Niger341:564,47114,312
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Swelam (190) may also be a first name.

Swelam Last Name Facts

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

Swelam is most common in Egypt. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swelam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 62,141st most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 901,589 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Swelam live; 91 percent live in North Africa and 91 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Swelam is also the 659,352nd most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 190 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is held by 7,322 people, or 1 in 12,556. Beside Egypt this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent live and Kuwait, where 0 percent live.

Swelam Last Name Statistics demography

Swelam earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.03% more than the national average, earning $59,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swellam921,526/
Sweilam921,516/
Sweelam92521/
Sweylam9216/
Swealam926/
Sweillam86250/
Swilam835,387/
Swalam8320/
Swylam8310/
Suelam835/
Swelan832/
Sweilliam801/
Swailam771,402/
Swillam77500/
Swallam77123/
Souelam7718/
Swelane778/
Sweelan773/
Swaliam771/
Sueliam771/
Suelamn771/
Swelheim7136/
Soueylam716/
Schwalam715/
Swilliam712/
Sweelean711/
Sweelian711/
Sweillan711/
Swailham711/
Sweilean711/
Suelan671,067/
Svelan6736/
Svalam671/
Suelom671/
Svilam671/
Swwetland671/
Swoueland671/
Sweetlane670/
Sweitland670/
Swettland670/

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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 Swelam
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