Swelem Surname

282,966th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Swelem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swelem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,0371:88,6567,732
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Swelem (17) may also be a first name.

Swelem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swelem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻮﻳﻠﻢ) occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swelem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 282,966th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,350,621 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Swelem live; 76 percent live in North Africa and 76 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Swelem is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,037 people, or 1 in 88,656. Other than Egypt this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 20 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweilem9220,031/
Sweylem92254/
Swellem92192/
Sweïlem92108/
Swielem924/
Sweliem921/
S'Welem921/
Sweelem921/
Swelhem921/
Sweillem86245/
S'Weilem86231/
Swelheim8636/
S'Weylem8627/
Sweyleme869/
Sweileme865/
Sweïleme863/
Sswielem861/
Sw'eylem861/
Swelim83893/
Swilem83690/
Swalem83332/
Suelem8345/
Swylem834/
Swelen834/
S'Weileme8013/
Sweilleme801/
Swailem771,273/
Sweilim77298/
Swallem77124/
Souelem7755/
Sweelim7711/
Swelime777/
Swaleem776/
Swealim774/
Swillem773/
Shwolem772/
S'Wilem771/
Swaelim771/
Swaliem771/
Shwalem771/
Suelhem771/
Sueliem771/
Swaylem771/
Sweylim771/
Swelien771/
Swlen731/
Soueïlem7170/
Sweilime7143/
S'Weilim7124/
S'Ouelem7123/
Soueylem7121/
Swettlen7116/
Soueleme713/
Schwalem712/
S'Welime712/
Shwailem712/
S'Weylim711/
S'Waylem711/
S'Wailem711/
Sswaylem711/
Soueleim711/
S'Weilèm711/
Schweithlem711/
Suelen67960/
Swilim67325/
S'Weilime6775/
Swalim6730/
Swelin6724/
Swelén679/
Suilem676/
Svilem675/
Suelim674/
Schwelien672/
Svelne672/
Swilen672/
Swelyn671/
S'Oueylem671/
Swilém671/
Svelen671/

Swelem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swelem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺳﻮﻳﻠﻢaswylm-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Swelem
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