Swellen Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Swellen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swellen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium411:280,40633,354
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Swellen (423) may also be a first name.

Swellen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swellen is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swellen? popularity and diffusion

Swellen is the 2,776,799th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Swellen is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Swellen are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Swellen is also the 417,739th most frequently used given name on earth, held by 423 people.

The last name is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 280,406. In Belgium Swellen is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Belgium it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swellenn931/
Swelen924/
Suellen86198/
Swellem86192/
Swillen86176/
Swellyn861/
Swellin861/
Swelien861/
Swlen831/
Swelin7724/
Swelén779/
Swilen772/
Swleen771/
Schwelien752/
Swln733/
Schwelling71100/
Suillen7116/
Swillem713/
Suellyn713/
Sweelin712/
Shwelin711/
Suellén711/
Swailen711/
Suellin711/
Shwilen710/
Swillin710/
Shwailen6737/
Souellem671/
Schwoeln671/
Suelling671/
Schwelin670/

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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 Swellen
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