Swordy Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Swordy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swordy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England941:592,74535,632
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970

Swordy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swordy is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swordy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,385,851st most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Swordy live; 63 percent live in Northern Europe and 63 percent live in British Isles.

Swordy is most common in England, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 592,745. In England Swordy is most prevalent in: Northumberland, where 45 percent are found, Buckinghamshire, where 17 percent are found and Greater London, where 13 percent are found. Besides England this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.

Swordy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swordy has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Swordy last name increased 313 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swordy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Swordy surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.

The amount Swordy earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.15% more than the national average, earning $46,664 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.44% more than the national average, earning $53,380 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sworde8313/
Sbordy836/
Swardy834/
Sworder77166/
Swordes776/
Schwardy7132/
Swordest713/
Swordeid710/
Suardy67255/
Swardi67249/
Sbordi6772/
Swarda6726/
Svorda672/
Swerdi672/
Sverdy671/
Swerde671/
Swarde670/
Schworder670/

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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
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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 Swordy
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