Swollow Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
England

Swollow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Swollow Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Swollow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swollow occurs most in Russia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Swollow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swollow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Swollow live; 40 percent live in Eastern Europe and 40 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 72,061,528. In Russia Swollow is most numerous in: Moscow, where 50 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Russia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent are found and Iran, where 20 percent are found.

Swollow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Swollow has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Swollow last name declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swollows931/
Schwollow883/
Swallow8610,319/
Schwolow801,918/
Swallowe8019/
Swallowa801/
Swalow7717/
Schwallow751/
Swalllows750/
Swalows712/
Swaloow711/
Swalowa710/
Suallow710/
Swallaw710/
Schwalow670/
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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 Swollow
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