Swope Surname

44,470th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,679 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Swope Surname Definition:

(German) Variant of Schwab, q.v.

Swope Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,5041:31,5073,935
Liberia981:44,9854,075
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
England51:11,143,612252,590
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Macau11:601,6301,582
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1921:22,9102,874

Swope (24) may also be a first name.

Swope Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Variant of Schwab, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Swope Last Name Facts

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

Swope has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swope? popularity and diffusion

It is the 44,470th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 623,987 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Swope reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Swope is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 24 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 11,504 people, or 1 in 31,507. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 18 percent reside, Missouri, where 9 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 26 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 1 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 0 percent reside.

Swope Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swope has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Swope surname increased 525 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swope Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Swope last name are 23.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.24% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Swope earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.73% less than the national average, earning $42,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.11% less than the national average, earning $47,144 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swoope91873/
Shwope912/
Swuope911/
Swopie911/
Swoper910/
Swoupe910/
Swop895/
Schwope83745/
Swoopes83284/
Swopess832/
Swooped831/
Swodpes831/
Swoop8029/
Swape809/
Swepe805/
Swopt801/
Swops801/
Swopf801/
Suope801/
Swopi801/
Swopp800/
Schwoppe7717/
Schwoepe770/
Sweepe7339/
Swoops7315/
Swapie738/
Swapee734/
Swaper734/
Swaphe733/
Swephe732/
Shwopi731/
Swuape731/
Swopps731/
Sweppe731/
Schwop731/
Schwoeppe71197/
Schwoepee711/
Swap67129/
Swob6798/
Svop6752/
Schwepe6740/
Sbop674/
Shweppe673/
Suop672/
Swov672/
Schwape671/
Schuope671/
Schwopp670/
Schwoop670/

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Swope Reference & Research

Swope/Schwab FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
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  • 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 Swope
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