The surname Swanger
A surname, carried by 3,536 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S526
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,536 people named Swanger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,315 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,084.
#9,217
rank among US surnames
3,536
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+14.7%
change since 2000 (was #9,670)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #9,210 | Bankhead | 3,540 | 87,216 |
| #9,211 | Lamontagne | 3,539 | 87,241 |
| #9,212 | Yaeger | 3,537 | 87,290 |
| #9,217 | Eide | 3,536 | 87,315 |
| #9,221 | Kerber | 3,535 | 87,340 |
Who is named Swanger
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Swanger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Swanger has the Soundex code S526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S526.
Questions
- How common is the surname Swanger?
- 3,536 people in the United States had the surname Swanger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,315 Americans. It ranked 9,217th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Swanger?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Swanger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Swanger getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,536 in 2010, up 15%.