Swiffin Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Swiffin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Swiffin Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:2,653,24194,788
Scotland71:764,83125,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Swiffin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swiffin is most common in England. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swiffin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Swiffin live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

Swiffin is most common in England, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,653,241. In England it is most frequent in: Nottinghamshire, where 52 percent live, Rutland, where 19 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 19 percent live. Outside of England it is found in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 25 percent live.

Swiffin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Swiffin has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Swiffin surname increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swiffen86124/
Swifink8611/
Swaffin864/
Swfn738/
Swifney7123/
Siafian717/
Swoffen710/
Suiffen710/
Swaffen710/
Cioffini6735/
Szaffián6720/
Sioufian673/
Swfan672/
Swaffonw671/
Schwefing6321/
Suifen622/
Suifeng5718/
Shuifen571/
Shuifeng534/
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
  • 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 Swiffin
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