Swom Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Swom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2641:500,94440,974
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Swom (38) may also be a first name.

Swom Last Name Facts

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

Swom is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swom? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 966,131st most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Swom live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Swom is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 38 people.

Swom is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 500,944. In Indonesia Swom is mostly concentrated in: Papua, where 99 percent are found and West Papua, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwom8938/
Szwom8911/
Swoom896/
Schwom802/
Swoume801/
Swam75903/
Swon75344/
Suom7532/
Xwom751/
Sbom751/
Schwoim730/
Shwam67102/
Szwon6764/
Swame6757/
Åsbom6748/
Sweum6736/
Shuom6716/
Swaam6711/
Svome676/
Szwam674/
Swoin673/
Shvom673/
Shwon672/
Swamt672/
Swhum672/
Swone671/
Swumt671/
Suome671/
Swamm671/
Swoon671/
Sbohm671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Swom
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis