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 more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 232,104th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,188,245 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Swira reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 690,096th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 175 people.
The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 1,438 people, or 1 in 11,905. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 12 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.
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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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