Swit Surname

458,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 737 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Swit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
United States1041:3,485,182196,218
Poland481:791,84963,527
Israel381:225,20121,188
France331:2,012,810168,616
Russia331:4,367,365205,470
England241:2,321,58686,519
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Mauritius91:143,7138,076
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
India51:153,413,076951,030
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
China21:683,660,78330,601
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

The alternate forms: Świt (6) are calculated separately.

Swit (471) may also be a first name.

Swit Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swit (Oriya: ିତ) is more commonly found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Świt. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swit? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 458,583rd most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,888,122 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Swit reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 49 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 392,250th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 471 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 442,658. Beside Bangladesh it exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Poland, where 7 percent live.

Swit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swit has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Swit surname rose 743 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swit Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Swit are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

Swit earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.85% more than the national average, earning $50,850 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Świt926/
Swait89279/
Sweit89183/
Switt89153/
Swite8949/
Swith8926/
Swiet8916/
Szwit8910/
Shwit892/
Swhit891/
Swidt891/
Swoit891/
Switth80619/
Sweitz8087/
Swaite8058/
Shweit8011/
Switte805/
Swaith804/
Shwite804/
Swhite804/
Schwit803/
Swoitz802/
Swaitz801/
Szwiot801/
Shwait801/
Swithe801/
Swiste800/
Swaits800/
Swaizt800/
Sbit752,568/
Suit752,066/
Svit75959/
Swid75752/
Swet75287/
Swyt7561/
Schweit73118/
Schwait7366/
Schwidt7337/
Swaitch7317/
Schwitt7316/
Swaithe736/
Swheitz731/
Swahait731/
Shweitz731/
Schwiet731/
Schwite730/
Sweet6788,406/
Sweid6724,288/
Sweat6711,431/
Swett675,280/
Shuit674,204/
Suitt67991/
Swaid67945/
Svist67486/
Suite67404/
Swete67308/
Suits67265/
Svith67181/
Sweth6771/
Sbeit6753/
Suith6746/
Schwitte6746/
Sbait6743/
Schwicht6742/
Schweidt6738/
Svidt6736/
Szwet6733/
Swyst6725/
Shwet6720/
Świst6719/
Swied6716/
Suidt6714/
Schwaite6710/
Swedt677/
Schwaitz677/
Sbitt676/
Zwait675/
Schweits674/
Swyte674/
Svite672/
Svait671/
Schweitd671/
Shvit671/
Swijd671/
Schweite671/
Zwith671/
Schwoitz671/
Sbith671/
Swezt671/
Swwet671/
Swayt671/
Szhweitz671/
Swoid670/
Schwiedt670/
Schwistz670/
Schweith670/
Sveit670/
Schwaits670/
Schweist670/

Swit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swit in the Oriya language
ିତita-

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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 Swit
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