Swis Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Swis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Swis family

Profession Census Frequency
School Girl 2
Carman 1
House Maid Domestic 1
House Wife 1
Student 1
Potters Driller Earth 1
Ship Wright Retired 1
Tavern Keeper Public 1
Merchants Clerk 1
Publican 1
Shop Assistant Draper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Swis

Name Census Frequency
Mary Swis 9
George Swis 7
Elizabeth Swis 6
William Swis 6
Alice Swis 5
Ann Swis 5
John Swis 5
Frederick Swis 4
Henry Swis 4
James Swis 4
Sarah Swis 4
Ellen Swis 3
Emma Swis 3
Joseph Swis 3
Lucy Swis 3
Charles Swis 2
Emily Swis 2
Florence Swis 2
Margaret Swis 2
Samuel Swis 2
Thomas Swis 2
Abraham Swis 1
Ada Swis 1
Alfred Swis 1
Amelia Swis 1

Swis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Swiss 80% 1,165
2 Sewis 80% 605
3 Saws 50% 190
4 Sawes 60% 123
5 Sewes 60% 114
6 Swis 100% 109

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The surname Swis is the 6th most popular variant of Swiss.

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