Swires Surname

563,577th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 562 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Swires Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swires Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3701:979,61972,663
England1371:406,70127,895
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1341:181,90614,990
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States981:512,43635,831

Swires Last Name Facts

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

Swires is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swires? popularity and diffusion

Swires is the 563,577th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,967,164 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Swires reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 370 people, or 1 in 979,619. In The United States Swires is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 18 percent reside, Texas, where 13 percent reside and Ohio, where 10 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Swires Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swires has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Swires last name expanded 378 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 102 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swires Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Swires last name are 24.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.76% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Swires earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.28% less than the national average, earning R 115,776 per year; in United States they earn 18.54% less than the national average, earning $35,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.67% more than the national average, earning $67,904 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swuires920/
Swieres920/
Swire911,509/
Sweres8370/
Swyres8331/
Swiere8331/
Swireh834/
Switre833/
Swaire832/
Swirey832/
Swures832/
Sweire831/
Swiret831/
Zwires831/
Swhire830/
Suires830/
Schwieres801/
Schweires801/
Sweares7744/
Swierze7720/
Sweress7720/
Suirezs776/
Sweeres772/
Schwire772/
Svirejs771/
Suiresz771/
Sweireh771/
Swerres771/
Svirets771/
Switrer770/
Sweyres770/
Suire735,064/
Swira731,740/
Swiri731,464/
Swere73135/
Zwire736/
Sbire735/
Svire734/
Swyre732/
Schweres7180/
Shwaired711/
Szwierez711/
Sweetres710/
Schwirer710/
Sweere67727/
Swirri67574/
Sueres6795/
Shwiri6773/
Sweiry6760/
Swerer6738/
Swerre6730/
Chwire6723/
Swiryd6723/
Sweira6721/
Swirid6720/
Suitre6718/
Shwere6718/
Swiryo6714/
Sbiris6714/
Swairi6713/
Shwiry6713/
Sweret6713/
Sweris6712/
Sweïre6711/
Swerei677/
Swered676/
Swiera676/
Svaire675/
Swereh674/
Suirez674/
Swyred674/
Sbirea673/
Schwiretz673/
Swaira672/
Shvire672/
Swiryt672/
Sveire672/
Svirec672/
Swirry671/
Sweiri671/
Sxwiri671/
Swirui671/
Swirra671/
Swirio671/
Shwira671/
Suirre671/
Shbire671/
Zwaire671/
Suirie671/
Sweyre671/
Zweres670/
Suirer670/
Swayre670/
Schweares670/

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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 Swires
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