How common is the surname Swanton?

736 people in the United States had the surname Swanton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 419,491 Americans. It ranked 31,453rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Swanton?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Swanton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Swanton?

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

Where is the surname Swanton most common?

Wikidata records people named Swanton in the United States.

Is the surname Swanton getting more or less common?

Less common. 903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 736 in 2010, down 19%.

The surname Swanton

An English occupational surname, carried by 736 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swanton is more common than 80.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Swanton is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 736 people named Swanton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 419,491 Americans. That is down 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 903.

#31,453

rank among US surnames

736

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-18.5%

change since 2000 (was #25,657)

Who is named Swanton

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

95% of people named Swanton identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Swantons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swanton

Swanton has the Soundex code S535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S535.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Swanton come from?: Habitational surname from any of various places in Norfolk, from Old English sweġen (“swain, servant, retainer”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Swanton?: 736 people in the United States had the surname Swanton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 419,491 Americans. It ranked 31,453rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swanton?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Swanton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Swanton?: John R. Swanton, American anthropologist and linguist (1873-1958).
Where is the surname Swanton most common?: Wikidata records people named Swanton in the United States.
What type of surname is Swanton?: Swanton is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Swanton getting more or less common?: Less common. 903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 736 in 2010, down 19%.