van Swet Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Swet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Swet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

van Swet Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Swet is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van Swet? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name van Swet is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of van Swet live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,055,448. In The Netherlands van Swet is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 50 percent live, North Brabant, where 31 percent live and Gelderland, where 6 percent live. Besides The Netherlands it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent live and Belgium, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Zwet88357/
van Sue801/
van Shue751/
van Swoi751/
van Suit751/
van Swaay71153/
van Swaaij67184/
van Schuit671/
von Schuetz6310/
van Zuit631/
van Zwaay5911/
Van-Swaay591/
van Zwaaij5617/
van Zui530/

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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 van Swet
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