Swillam Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Israel

Swillam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swillam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt3971:231,57616,276
Israel1001:85,57610,209
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Swillam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swillam is found most in Egypt. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Swillam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swillam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 616,129th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. Swillam is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Swillam reside; 79 percent reside in North Africa and 79 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname Swillam is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 231,576. Barring Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweillam93250/
Swilliam932/
Swilam925,387/
Sweilliam881/
Swellam861,526/
Sweilam861,516/
Swailam861,402/
Swailham801/
Swelam778,083/
Swylam7710/
Swlame771/
Sweelam71521/
Suillan7129/
Sweylam7116/
Swealam716/
Swelland6745/
Swlan673/
Sweelland631/
Swllon620/
Suillianne591/
Suillon574/
Suellan572/
Swelheim5336/
Suillion530/
Zuillian530/
Swlon501/
Zwlan501/
Sblom501/

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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 Swillam
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