Swende Surname

235,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,706 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Swende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6271:108,8777,273
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Swende (138) may also be a first name.

Swende Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swende occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Swende.

How Common Is The Last Name Swende? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 235,783rd most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,271,715 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Swende reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Swende is also the 787,636th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 138 people.

The last name Swende is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,627 people, or 1 in 108,877. In Nigeria Swende is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 78 percent live, Taraba, where 10 percent live and Nasarawa, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swendeh9224/
Swuende921/
Shwende921/
Swemnde921/
Swnde911/
Schwende86118/
Szwender8637/
Suende831,896/
Swenda83145/
Swendi83112/
Swinde838/
Swemde831/
Swendy830/
Schwender801,456/
Suender77109/
Szwenda7717/
Suendes774/
Swindey771/
Suendez771/
Souende771/
Shuende771/
Sweendy771/
Schwendeer751/
Swnda731/
Zwnde731/
Schwendy71126/
Schwenda7177/
Schwinde7141/
Schwendi7125/
Schwendè711/
Suendi67388/
Suenda67276/
Schwinder6775/
Swinda6755/
Schuender6746/
Suinde6717/
Suendy6710/
Swindi677/
Swindy673/
Swndai672/

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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 Swende
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