Swif Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Swif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
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 last name Swif is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swif? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 40 percent of Swif reside; 33 percent reside in Western Europe and 33 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Swif is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Swif is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,642,583. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Bern, where 100 percent live. Barring Switzerland this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 27 percent live.
Swif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Swif has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swif last name contracted 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweif | 89 | 214 | / |
| Swiff | 89 | 24 | / |
| Swaif | 89 | 23 | / |
| Swief | 89 | 9 | / |
| Switf | 89 | 6 | / |
| Swife | 89 | 4 | / |
| Szwif | 89 | 3 | / |
| Swifz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shwif | 89 | 1 | / |
| Swifs | 89 | 0 | / |
| Shwiff | 80 | 75 | / |
| Swifft | 80 | 4 | / |
| Swiftt | 80 | 4 | / |
| Swifth | 80 | 3 | / |
| Swwift | 80 | 2 | / |
| Switft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shwift | 80 | 0 | / |
| Suif | 75 | 70 | / |
| Svif | 75 | 3 | / |
| Swef | 75 | 1 | / |
| Swiv | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sbif | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schwiff | 73 | 3 | / |
| Schwift | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sweef | 67 | 188 | / |
| Svift | 67 | 156 | / |
| Zwipf | 67 | 32 | / |
| Suife | 67 | 20 | / |
| Swaiv | 67 | 15 | / |
| Suhif | 67 | 4 | / |
| Svaif | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chwif | 67 | 2 | / |
| Suift | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shuif | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sweaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sweiv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swaiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swiwt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swetf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suitf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zwiff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shwib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sweib | 67 | 0 | / |
| Swyft | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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