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The surname Swarey

A surname, carried by 1,398 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600

Swarey: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Swarey #19,348, 1,398 people Swarey: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Swarey #19,348, 1,398 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swarey is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,398 people named Swarey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. That is up 79% since 2000, when the Census counted 782.

#19,348
rank among US surnames
1,398
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+78.8%
change since 2000 (was #28,674)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,341Knapik1,399220,690
#19,348Casarrubias1,398220,848

Who is named Swarey

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

98% of people named Swarey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 98%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swarey

Swarey has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

How common is the surname Swarey?
1,398 people in the United States had the surname Swarey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. It ranked 19,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swarey?
In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Swarey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Swarey getting more or less common?
More common. 782 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,398 in 2010, up 79%.