Swif Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Swif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Swif (10) may also be a first name.

Swif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swif is found in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swif? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 40 percent of Swif live; 33 percent live in Western Europe and 33 percent live in Germanic Europe. Swif is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 10 people.

Swif is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,642,583. In Switzerland Swif is most numerous in: Canton of Bern, where 100 percent live. Excluding Switzerland Swif exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 27 percent live.

Swif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swif has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweif89214/
Swiff8924/
Swaif8923/
Swief899/
Switf896/
Swife894/
Szwif893/
Swifz891/
Shwif891/
Swifs890/
Shwiff8075/
Swifft804/
Swiftt804/
Swifth803/
Swwift802/
Switft801/
Shwift800/
Suif7570/
Svif753/
Swef751/
Swiv751/
Sbif751/
Schwiff733/
Schwift730/
Sweef67188/
Svift67156/
Zwipf6732/
Suife6720/
Swaiv6715/
Suhif674/
Svaif674/
Chwif672/
Suift672/
Shuif672/
Sweaf671/
Sweiv671/
Swaiw671/
Swiwt671/
Swetf671/
Suitf671/
Zwiff671/
Shwib671/
Sweib670/
Swyft670/

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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 Swif
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis