Swiffen Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Swiffen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swiffen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1091:511,17532,340
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:594,52130,269

Swiffen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swiffen occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Swiffen.

How Common Is The Last Name Swiffen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,620,164th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Swiffen reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Swiffen is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 511,175. In England Swiffen is mostly concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 25 percent reside, North Yorkshire, where 15 percent reside and South Yorkshire, where 15 percent reside. Excluding England this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 6 percent reside and Scotland, where 2 percent reside.

Swiffen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swiffen has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Swiffen surname increased 266 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swiffin8628/
Suiffen860/
Suifen772/
Suifeng7118/
Swifink7111/
Shuifen711/
Shuifeng674/
Suipheng531/
Chuifeng531/
Schwefing5021/
Sweephing501/

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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
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  • 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 Swiffen
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