How common is the surname Swank?

7,832 people in the United States had the surname Swank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,421 Americans. It ranked 4,526th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Swank?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Swank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Swank?

Hilary Swank, American actress (born 1974), followed by Jean Swank.

Where is the surname Swank most common?

Wikidata records people named Swank in the United States.

Is the surname Swank getting more or less common?

More common. 7,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,832 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Swank

A surname, carried by 7,832 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swank is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,832 people named Swank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,421 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,655.

#4,526

rank among US surnames

7,832

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,288)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,517	Volpe	7,847	39,346
#4,518	Conlon	7,845	39,356
#4,519	Servin	7,842	39,371
#4,521	Mertz	7,841	39,376
#4,522	Stephan	7,840	39,381
#4,523	Flora	7,837	39,396
#4,524	Unruh	7,835	39,406

Who is named Swank

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

94% of people named Swank identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Swanks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hilary Swank
American actress (born 1974)
Jean Swank
American astronomer, born 2000

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swank

Swank has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Questions

How common is the surname Swank?: 7,832 people in the United States had the surname Swank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,421 Americans. It ranked 4,526th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swank?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Swank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Swank?: Hilary Swank, American actress (born 1974), followed by Jean Swank.
Where is the surname Swank most common?: Wikidata records people named Swank in the United States.
Is the surname Swank getting more or less common?: More common. 7,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,832 in 2010, up 2.3%.