The surname Swartwood
An English surname, carried by 1,391 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S633
Origin
English origin
From Old English sweart (“black”) + wudu (“wood”).
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 1,391 people named Swartwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,328.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,416 | Jeanjacques | 1,392 | 221,800 |
| #19,425 | Akram | 1,391 | 221,959 |
Who is named Swartwood
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Swartwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Swartwood has the Soundex code S633, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S633.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Swartwood come from?
- From Old English sweart (“black”) + wudu (“wood”).
- How common is the surname Swartwood?
- 1,391 people in the United States had the surname Swartwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Swartwood?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Swartwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Swartwood getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 4.7%.