How common is the surname Swanigan?

1,499 people in the United States had the surname Swanigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Swanigan?

Caleb Swanigan, American basketball player (1997–2022).

Where is the surname Swanigan most common?

Wikidata records people named Swanigan in the United States.

Is the surname Swanigan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Swanigan

A surname, carried by 1,499 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swanigan is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,499 people named Swanigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,395.

#18,457

rank among US surnames

1,499

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,329)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830
#18,457	Weakland	1,499	205,968

Who is named Swanigan

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

75% of people named Swanigan identified as Black (not Hispanic), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 75%
White (not Hispanic) 19%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Swanigans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Caleb Swanigan
American basketball player (1997–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Swanigan

Swanson

Swanigan has the Soundex code S525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S525.

Questions

How common is the surname Swanigan?: 1,499 people in the United States had the surname Swanigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swanigan?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Swanigan identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Swanigan?: Caleb Swanigan, American basketball player (1997–2022).
Where is the surname Swanigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Swanigan in the United States.
Is the surname Swanigan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, up 7.5%.