Swesen Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Swesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Swesen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swesen has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swesen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Swesen is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Swesen reside; 75 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Bangka Belitung Islands, where 83 percent are found and Bali, where 17 percent are found. Barring Indonesia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Swesen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swesen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Swesen surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Swesen
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