Swelly Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Swelly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swelly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Swelly (54) may also be a first name.

Swelly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swelly is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swelly? popularity and diffusion

Swelly is the 3,957,383rd most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. Swelly is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Swelly live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most prevalent given name at a global level. It is borne by 54 people.

The last name Swelly is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.

Swelly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swelly has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swelley921/
Swellay920/
Schwelly860/
Swella8351/
Suelly8319/
Swilly8313/
Swelle833/
Swlley831/
Swly801/
Swilley772,733/
Swellie7716/
Suellyo771/
Swelleh771/
Shwly732/
Schwella71163/
Schwelle7183/
Schuelly7110/
Schwilly710/
Swilla673,164/
Suella67413/
Schweller67411/
Swille67109/
Suelli6722/
Suelle6714/
Sbilly671/
Suellý671/
Suilly671/
Sbelle671/
Schwaelle670/

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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 Swelly
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