Swami is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Swami
No. of characters: 5
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Swami

How popular is Swami?

Swami is common in India.

Swami is ranked 4663 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Swamis grew by 71.2766 per cent to 322 since 2000 and ranked 62189 after elevating 28815 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 90.06 84.57
Others 4.35 11.17
White 2.8 3.72
Swami is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Fiji is ahead in terms of density. Around 116963 people have been found who wears Swami as their family name. Swami is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,646 Japan7
112,145 Spain7
5,340 Iceland6
7,594 Pakistan5
122,390 Belarus4
32,086 Mexico3
14,054 China3
15,749 Finland3
4,529 Mauritius3
20,186 Kenya2
4,104 South Korea2
12,161 Wales2
10,395 Latvia2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
147,165 Czech Republic2
95,312 Argentina2
18,718 Thailand2
53,033 Nigeria1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,790 Zambia1
31,584 Peru1
34,581 Chile1
492,292 Ukraine1
13,447 Uganda1
8,859 Iraq1
7,941 Guatemala1
846 American Samoa1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
10,683 Cyprus1
7,314 Bolivia1
6,033 Benin1
91,024 Belgium1
2,935 Madagascar1
3,214 Niger1
5,553 Taiwan1
971 Seychelles1
38,841 Scotland1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
66,560 Philippines1
12,270 Lebanon1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,190 Barbados1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,712 Sweden44
172,381 Indonesia41
236,996 Russia35
36,547 Switzerland27
11,387 Ireland22
28,338 Norway20
69,202 Netherlands18
5,704 Guyana11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,902 Qatar88
4,262 Kuwait87
2,858 Hong Kong83
117,149 France73
12,039 Colombia70
12,143 New Zealand52
Countries with hundreds of Swami:
1,049 Nepal926
38,409 United States732
4,469 Malaysia506
1,085 Oman495
12,911 England462
2,356 United Arab Emirates443
31,047 Germany336
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
24,102 Poland239
44,967 Brazil238
25,955 South Africa219
545 Fiji219
2,396 Singapore154
50,581 Italy146
18,714 Australia137
28,473 Canada119
1,401 Bahrain110
Countries with hundred thousands of Swami:
597 India110,419
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Swami Namesakes

  • A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Spiritual teacher
  • Anshuman Swami, Film producer
  • Ramalinga Swamigal, Poet
  • Arvind Swami, Actor
  • Balaji Swaminathan, Author
  • Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami, Writer
  • A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Spiritual teacher
  • Radhanath Swami, Author
  • A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Spiritual teacher
  • A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Spiritual teacher
  • Aashish Swami, from 2012 action film Lethal Commission, who characterized Samsher Khan.

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