Swana

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Swana is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., Kurzform von Namen, die mit »Swan-« oder »Schwan-« gebildet sind (z.

rarermore common
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 40K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 113K
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 837K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
66 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 40K (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

weibl. Vom., Kurzform von Namen, die mit »Swan-« oder »Schwan-« gebildet sind (z. B.

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Swana counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Swana is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈1,400 est.≈1 in 40K—Swana23
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈900 est.≈1 in 113K—Swana4
US United States≈51 est.≈1 in 6.5MlistedSwana66
IN India≈37 est.≈1 in 36M1Swana18
FR France≈22 est.≈1 in 3.1MlistedSwana49
GB United Kingdom≈14 est.≈1 in 4.7M11Swana24
BE Belgium≈14 est.≈1 in 837K—Swana3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Swana is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bangla given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh

    Also written Subna, সুবনা, স্বনা, সবুনা, সবনা

  • Thai surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written บานา, บาน่า

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Swana is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In ang, genitive plural of swān

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Swana
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—16#12,977
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200211#134,717
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Swana mean?
Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., Kurzform von Namen, die mit »Swan-« oder »Schwan-« gebildet sind (z.
In which country does Swana have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Swana in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled swana.
How common is the name Swana?
Mondonomo estimates about 1,400 people in South Africa have Swana as their first surname, about 1 in 40 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Swana”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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