Sweys Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Sweys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Sweys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweys Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sweys is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweys? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sweys is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Sweys are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 888,799. In The Netherlands Sweys is primarily concentrated in: Overijssel, where 58 percent reside, North Holland, where 37 percent reside and South Holland, where 5 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands Sweys occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 16 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Sweys
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