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    The surname Swaney

    A surname, carried by 4,468 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S500

    Swaney: #7,459 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Swaney #7,459, 4,468 people Swaney: #7,459 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Swaney #7,459, 4,468 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swaney is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish surname probably related to Swain.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,468 people named Swaney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,102 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,158.

    #7,459
    rank among US surnames
    4,468
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #7,391)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,453Deen4,47169,055
    #7,455Dressler4,47069,071
    #7,457Bessette4,46969,086
    #7,459Swaney4,46869,102
    #7,461Shockey4,46769,117
    #7,463Herren4,46669,132

    Who is named Swaney

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

    94% of people named Swaney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Swaney

    Swaney has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Swaney come from?
    Scottish surname probably related to Swain.
    How common is the surname Swaney?
    4,468 people in the United States had the surname Swaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,102 Americans. It ranked 7,459th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Swaney?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Swaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Swaney getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,468 in 2010, up 7.5%.