Swimmer Surname

368,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 976 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Swimmer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swimmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6351:570,80146,844
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Canada611:604,02649,778
Iran361:2,132,84874,334
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Jamaica301:95,6654,064
England91:6,190,895170,599
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
India51:153,413,076951,030
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Swimmer (18) may also be a first name.

Swimmer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swimmer occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Swimmer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swimmer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 368,594th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,466,748 people. The surname Swimmer is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Swimmer reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Swimmer is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held forename globally, held by 18 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 635 people, or 1 in 570,801. In The United States Swimmer is most frequent in: Oklahoma, where 13 percent live, Maryland, where 8 percent live and North Carolina, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Swimmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swimmer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swimmer surname increased 1,628 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 180 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swimmer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Swimmer surname are 35.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.41% being registered with the political party.

The amount Swimmer earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 3.05% less than the national average, earning R 230,400 per year; in United States they earn 16.58% more than the national average, earning $50,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.44% more than the national average, earning $62,324 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwimmer939/
Swinmmer932/
Swimer92103/
Schwimmer882,670/
Swemmer86663/
Szwimer8633/
Shwimer8614/
Swimerr866/
Swinmer865/
Svimmer862/
Swymmer860/
Schwimer80183/
Shvimmer80142/
Szwemmer807/
Sweitmer800/
Swymer77145/
Suimer776/
Swemer776/
Swimir773/
Schwemmer752,687/
Schweimer75156/
Schvimmer7538/
Schuimmer753/
Schwiemer751/
Schwimmerová741/
Zwemmer71513/
Sweemer7154/
Shvimer7130/
Szwemer7118/
Schwemmert7113/
Szwymer7112/
Shwemer7110/
Švimmer714/
Shuimer712/
Schweimert711/
Jschwemmer711/
Swaymer710/
Sweamer710/
Swymehr710/
Schwemer67614/
Schuimer6798/
Schvimer6720/
Shvemmer6716/
Shvymmer6711/
Suemmert671/

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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
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  • 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 Swimmer
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