Swens Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Swens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands921:183,55626,152
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Finland91:610,74534,002
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Swens Last Name Facts

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

Swens occurs most in The Netherlands. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swens? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,409,418th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname Swens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Swens reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Swens is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 183,556. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 36 percent are found, North Holland, where 13 percent are found and Gelderland, where 12 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Belgium, where 12 percent are found.

Swens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Swens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Swens last name rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Swens are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Swens earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.01% more than the national average, earning $43,154 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweens91147/
Sweins9151/
Swaens917/
Swenns911/
Swense910/
Shwens910/
Swns891/
Schwens8368/
Swyns8034/
Suens8020/
Swems8016/
Swins809/
Swenz800/
Schweens777/
Schwense771/
Swijns7361/
Swenje7347/
Swains7338/
Suhens7317/
Zweens732/
Swence731/
Sbeens731/
Sweems731/
Swenze731/
Souens730/
Swench730/
Suenns730/
Schwenz67181/
Szwench6714/
Xwns671/
Hswenze671/
Schuens671/
Svns671/

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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 Swens
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