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 surname Swellen is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swellen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,776,799th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Swellen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Swellen live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 417,739th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 423 people.

Swellen is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 280,406. In Belgium Swellen is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Belgium Swellen exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.

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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