Swifi Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Swifi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Swifi 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
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Swifi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swifi has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Swifi.

How Common Is The Last Name Swifi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Swifi is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Swifi reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 55 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Cameroon Swifi occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 41 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent live.

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
Sweifi91131/
Swaifi9155/
Swifiy914/
Swifit911/
Shweifi8316/
Swify80712/
Suifi8080/
Swife804/
Swefi801/
Sweifieh771/
Swaify73815/
Sweify73520/
Swiefy73122/
Suiffi7314/
Swaifa732/
Suifei731/
Swifer730/
Zweifei672/
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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 Swifi
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