Swims Surname

416,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 835 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Swims Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swims Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8281:437,75237,654
Belize11:355,4743,977
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Swims Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swims is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Swims? popularity and diffusion

It is the 416,572nd most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,727,600 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Swims reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 828 people, or 1 in 437,752. In The United States Swims is primarily concentrated in: Mississippi, where 16 percent reside, Missouri, where 14 percent reside and Illinois, where 12 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Belize, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Swims Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swims has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Swims surname rose 11,829 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swims Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Swims last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Swims last name are 1.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.64% registered with the political party.

Swims earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.36% less than the national average, earning $35,657 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swaims9154/
Swimms912/
Swems8016/
Swins809/
Zwims804/
Swums800/
Suims800/
Swijns7361/
Sweems731/
Swns671/

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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 Swims
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