# Swayne (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,770 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,295 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 174,433 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (1,689 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Swayne 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Swayne in the United States.

## People named Swayne

- Noah Haynes Swayne, American jurist (1804–1884); US Supreme Court justice from 1862 to 1881

## Similar surnames

Swain, Swan, Swann, Swaney, Sweeny, Swiney, Shane, San, Saine, Sane, Sweeney, Snow.

## 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.