Swenson Surname

16,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Swenson Surname Definition:

(Swedish, Danish) The son of Swen (young boy or servant).

Swenson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States32,5421:11,1381,378
Canada5771:63,8577,448
Sweden3881:25,3782,065
Australia2991:90,28710,366
Brazil1631:1,313,33944,864
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
New Zealand741:61,1949,493
England581:960,65648,451
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Denmark331:171,05214,584
Norway251:205,69123,411
Wales201:154,72710,755
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
France101:6,642,272293,169
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Panama61:652,04310,051
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
China41:341,830,39216,990
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Malta11:430,2723,380
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8991:17,3232,199

Swenson (86) may also be a first name.

Swenson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swedish, Danish) The son of Swen (young boy or servant).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Swenson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swenson is found most frequently in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swenson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 16,117th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 210,842 people. Swenson is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Swenson live; 95 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,032,266th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 86 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 32,542 people, or 1 in 11,138. In The United States it is primarily found in: Minnesota, where 20 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 7 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name exists in 55 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Swenson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swenson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Swenson surname expanded 1,123 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 276 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swenson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Swenson are 8.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.24% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Swenson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.37% more than the national average, earning 402,732 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 53.5% less than the national average, earning R 110,496 per year; in United States they earn 6.32% more than the national average, earning $45,876 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.05% more than the national average, earning $52,688 CAD per year.

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Swenson Reference & Research

Swanson DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Swanson FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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