Swil Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Israel

Swil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Swil (127) may also be a first name.

Swil Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swil is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Swil click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swil? popularity and diffusion

Swil is the 4,427,875th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Swil live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Swil is also the 825,494th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 127 people.

The surname Swil is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 54 percent reside, Gauteng, where 38 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent reside. Other than South Africa Swil is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 15 percent reside and Israel, where 15 percent reside.

Swil Last Name Statistics demography

Swil earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.49% less than the national average, earning R 91,512 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swail89631/
Swile89140/
Swill8958/
Swiel8943/
Shwil8919/
Swilp8913/
Szwil898/
Swilh891/
Swl8620/
Shwail805,219/
Swaile80272/
Sweile80112/
Swille80109/
Szwill8010/
Shwiel808/
Shweil808/
Sweill806/
Shwile801/
Szwiel801/
Suil75445/
Swel7532/
Sbil7521/
Shwl7518/
Swll754/
Sswl751/
Swlh751/
Sxwl751/
Swyl751/
Swwl751/
Zswl751/
Xswl751/
Swhl751/
Jswl751/
Swlt750/
Schwill73713/
Schwilp735/
Schweil732/
Schwiel732/
Schwild730/
Sweille730/
Schwilt730/
Swele67555/
Chwil67238/
Swell67228/
Sweel6721/
Shwel6710/
Swhel676/
Shuil676/
Szwel675/
Shbil675/
S'Weileh674/
Swelt674/
Swelh672/
Swleh671/
Xwill671/
Swwlh671/
Swoel671/
Suill671/
Swael671/
Swltd671/
Sweal670/
Sbill670/

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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 Swil
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