Swellings Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Swellings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swellings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:7,959,723202,100
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Swellings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swellings is found most in England. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Swellings? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Swellings is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Swellings reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,959,723. In England Swellings is most frequent in: Lancashire, where 57 percent reside and Cheshire, where 43 percent reside. Besides England Swellings occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Swellings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swellings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Swellings surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swelling9431/
Swillings8911/
Suellings890/
Schwelling84100/
Swilling82786/
Suelling821/
Szwilling785/
Suellengs780/
Zwlling751/
Schwilling74139/
Schuelling741/
Suilling711/
Zuelling711/
Schuilling633/
Xzwling631/
Zwillink5914/
Schwelnke561/

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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 Swellings
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis