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    The surname McSween

    A Scottish Gaelic occupational surname, carried by 601 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M250

    McSween: #37,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McSween #37,125, 601 people McSween: #37,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McSween #37,125, 601 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McSween is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    * 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.

    McSween is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 601 people named McSween in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 513,720 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 582.

    #37,125
    rank among US surnames
    601
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #36,328)

    Who is named McSween

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    59% of people named McSween identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McSween

    McSween has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McSween come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname McSween?
    601 people in the United States had the surname McSween in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 513,720 Americans. It ranked 37,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McSween?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named McSween identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McSween?
    McSween is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname McSween getting more or less common?
    More common. 582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 601 in 2010, up 3.3%.