Swo Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Swo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2621:504,76841,234
Papua New Guinea741:110,18514,934
India191:40,371,862445,856
Senegal111:1,325,3953,666
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Burkina Faso31:6,117,36722,156
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Swo (87) may also be a first name.

Swo Last Name Facts

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

Swo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Swo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swo? popularity and diffusion

Swo is the 751,291st most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Swo live; 88 percent live in Oceania Islands and 88 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 87 people.

The surname Swo is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 504,768. In Indonesia Swo is most frequent in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Barring Indonesia it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.

Swo Last Name Statistics demography

Swo earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.02% less than the national average, earning $29,333 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swoh8617/
Swou8614/
Swoy8613/
Shwo8611/
Swoi867/
Swoo863/
Xswo862/
Jswo861/
Swoa861/
Sxwo861/
Swoch7527/
Shwoo752/
Shwou752/
Swoud751/
Jswou751/
Szwot751/
Swost751/
Szwoj751/
Swouh751/
Swoit751/
Swopf751/
Schwo751/
Swoih751/
Swots750/
Swopp750/
Swoid750/
Swott750/
Swohe750/
Swotz750/
Swout750/
Suo67177,719/
Swa671,046/
Szwoch67558/
Swoish67232/
Schwoy6781/
Sbo6729/
Svo6712/
Xwo673/
Szwost672/
Swoitz672/
Shwoch672/
Jshwoo671/
Swoost671/
Swoods671/
Schwop671/
Schwod671/

Swo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﻮsw-

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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 Swo
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