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    The surname Swasey

    A surname, carried by 1,094 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S200

    Swasey: #23,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Swasey #23,283, 1,094 people Swasey: #23,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Swasey #23,283, 1,094 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swasey is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,094 people named Swasey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,026.

    #23,283
    rank among US surnames
    1,094
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,207)

    Who is named Swasey

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

    77% of people named Swasey identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Sweezy

    Surnames that sound like Swasey

    Swasey has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Swasey?
    1,094 people in the United States had the surname Swasey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. It ranked 23,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Swasey?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Swasey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Swasey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,094 in 2010, up 6.6%.
    What are other spellings of Swasey?
    Sweezy.