Zwaan Surname

103,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Zwaan Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), Swan. Zwanenfeld, Swan's field.

Zwaan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,9421:4,284420
United States1851:1,959,237126,399
South Africa1631:332,37931,027
Canada831:443,92338,562
Belgium431:267,36432,244
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
England151:3,714,537119,675
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Zwaan (87) may also be a first name.

Zwaan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), Swan. Zwanenfeld, Swan's field.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Zwaan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zwaan (Arabic: زوان) is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zwaan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 103,490th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,604,126 people. The surname Zwaan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Zwaan reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 87 people.

Zwaan is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 3,942 people, or 1 in 4,284. In The Netherlands Zwaan is mostly found in: South Holland, where 36 percent live, North Holland, where 28 percent live and Utrecht, where 10 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Zwaan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Zwaan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zwaan surname expanded 4,625 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Zwaan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zwaan last name are 21.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.42% registered with the political party.

The amount Zwaan earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 24.67% more than the national average, earning 431,445 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 26.44% more than the national average, earning R 300,468 per year; in United States they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $41,051 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.07% less than the national average, earning $44,678 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zwaane915/
Zwan89814/
Zwaahan834/
D'Zwaan831/
Zwane80128,139/
Zwain804,656/
Rzwan8060/
Czwan8012/
Zwean8010/
Zwann807/
Zhwan804/
Zwaam802/
Jzwan801/
Zwhan801/
Zwant801/
Zwand801/
Zwuan801/
Zwanc801/
Zwayne7326/
Dzwane732/
Zwanne731/
Rzwanh731/
Shzwan731/
Zwwane731/
Zuhaan731/
Jwahan731/
Cwahan731/
Zwandt730/
Zuan67375/
Zban67145/
Zvan6780/
Tswaane6762/
Zwam6743/
Chwahan6733/
Zwon6726/
Cwan6717/
Zwaitin6710/
Chwhaan672/
Zwań671/
Żwan671/
Zwahien671/
Chwaane671/
Tshwaan671/

Zwaan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zwaan in the Arabic language
زوانzwan-

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