# Swallow (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,891 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,003 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 106,795 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.1% (2,954 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun swallow (sense 2). * Also as an English surname, from Swallow in Lincolnshire, named after its river. The placename itself could be related to the verb swell, or related to the name of the river Swale.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Swallow 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Swallow in the United States.

## People named Swallow

- Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist (1842-1911)
- Emily Swallow, American actress
- Steve Swallow, American jazz bassist and composer
- Lexi Swallow, American pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Sewall, Salo, Sall, Sewell, Shelley, Shell, Schell, Seeley, Sell, Saleh, Shull, Sowell.

## 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.