Swister Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Swister Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Swister Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swister Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Swister has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Swister? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Swister occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Swister are found; 44 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Swister is most numerous in: Bomet County, where 100 percent reside. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 44 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swioster | 93 | 4 | / |
| Schwister | 88 | 487 | / |
| Suister | 86 | 58 | / |
| Zwister | 86 | 2 | / |
| Swizter | 86 | 2 | / |
| Swistre | 86 | 2 | / |
| Svister | 86 | 1 | / |
| Swester | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schweister | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sweester | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sweizter | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shuister | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schweistger | 78 | 0 | / |
| Schwester | 75 | 67 | / |
| Sweetster | 75 | 3 | / |
| Shwaizter | 75 | 2 | / |
| Schuister | 75 | 0 | / |
| Suester | 71 | 32 | / |
| Schweizter | 71 | 15 | / |
| Swestre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Svyster | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shvester | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shuester | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schuester | 63 | 129 | / |
| Schvester | 63 | 4 | / |
| Svedsæter | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shveyster | 63 | 1 | / |
| Schwechter | 59 | 37 | / |
| Zuizther | 53 | 1 | / |
| Chuester | 53 | 0 | / |
| Chuhester | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Swister
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis