# Swanton (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 736 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,453 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 419,491 people |
| Change since 2000 | -18.5% (903 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from any of various places in Norfolk, from Old English sweġen (“swain, servant, retainer”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Swanton 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Swanton in the United States.

## People named Swanton

- John R. Swanton, American anthropologist and linguist (1873-1958)

## Similar surnames

Swinton, Santana, Santini, Santoni, Shenton, Santamaria, Snowden, Santangelo, Sandman, Sneddon, Smetana, Santander.

## 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.