Swirl Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Singapore

Swirl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swirl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Swirl Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swirl occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Swirl.

How Common Is The Last Name Swirl? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Swirl reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States Swirl is mostly found in: California, where 33 percent live, Texas, where 22 percent live and Florida, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Swirl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swirl has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swirl last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swirel910/
Sviril731/
Sweril730/
Schwerl671/
Suiriel671/
Schwärzl6241/
Svirlova6233/
Schwärzel57621/
Schwerzel57154/
Svirilova5717/
Svirelova571/
Schwereld571/
Shuhairil571/
Suerel551/
Hsuerl551/
Zwerel550/
Schwärzell532/
Schuerl502/
Zuhairl501/
Sverell501/
Shbeerl501/
Soueryl501/
Schberl500/

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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 Swirl
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