Swen Surname
Approximately 11,175 people bear this surname
Swen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 10,432 | 1:423 | 53 |
| United States | 357 | 1:1,015,291 | 74,807 |
| Netherlands | 124 | 1:136,187 | 20,959 |
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Cambodia | 19 | 1:815,113 | 5,006 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 60 | 1:836,978 | 51,589 |
The alternate forms: Swén (18) are calculated separately.
Swen (7,061) may also be a first name.
Swen Demographics
Average Swen Salary in
United States
$44,893 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Swen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swen (Hindi: स्वेन) is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Swén. For other possible spellings of Swen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swen? popularity and diffusion
Swen is the 46,385th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 652,129 people. The last name Swen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Swen reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 77,125th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 7,061 people.
It is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 10,432 people, or 1 in 423. In Liberia Swen is mostly found in: Sinoe County, where 32 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 30 percent reside and River Gee County, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.
Swen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Swen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 595 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Swen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Swen last name are 2.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.57% being registered with the party.
The amount Swen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.04% more than the national average, earning $44,893 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.44% more than the national average, earning $58,349 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Swen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Swen in the Hindi language | ||
| स्वेन | svena | - |
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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 Swen
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