Swemm Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Swemm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swemm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Swemm Last Name Facts

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

Swemm is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swemm? popularity and diffusion

Swemm is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Swemm live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Swemm is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 95 percent are found and Gauteng, where 5 percent are found.

Swemm Last Name Statistics demography

Swemm earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.36% less than the national average, earning R 125,088 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwemm912/
Swem892,527/
Schwemm83319/
Swimm80480/
Sweem80206/
Sweum8036/
Szwem8011/
Swuem809/
Shwem801/
Sweim800/
Suemm800/
Schwemme7738/
Schwem73123/
Swimme7354/
Shweme7349/
Shweim7311/
Szwesm732/
Szweme731/
Sweeme731/
Swaimm730/
Swim672,956/
Schwehm67781/
Schweim67703/
Suem67136/
Swnm6737/
Schwiem6727/
Schweem675/
Schwemmová675/
Schwimm673/
Swym671/
Sweimeh671/
Svem671/

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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 Swemm
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