Swira Surname
Approximately 1,740 people bear this surname
Swira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,438 | 1:11,905 | 1,842 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Tanzania | 55 | 1:962,575 | 44,906 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Swira (175) may also be a first name.
Swira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Swira is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Swira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Swira is the 232,104th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,188,245 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Swira reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Swira is also the 690,096th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 175 people.
The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,438 people, or 1 in 11,905. Without taking into account Malawi this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
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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 Swira
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