# McSween (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcsween/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 601 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,125 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 513,720 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (582 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from Mac Suibhne (“son of Suibhne”); see McQueen and McSweeney. * As a Scottish surname, from MacSuain, from Old Norse sveinn (“boy servant”). This also appears as the variants McSwain and Whan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McSween in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 59% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Similar surnames

McSwain, McSweeney, McQueen, McEwen, McShane, McGowen, McEwan, McKeehan, McKeen, McGeehan, McShan, Mason.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.