How common is the surname Swensen?

2,627 people in the United States had the surname Swensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,528 Americans. It ranked 11,919th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Swensen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Swensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Swensen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,627 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Swensen

A surname, carried by 2,627 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swensen is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,627 people named Swensen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,528 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,358.

#11,919

rank among US surnames

2,627

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+11.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,133)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,914	Cowgill	2,628	117,483
#11,919	Karsten	2,627	117,528
#11,925	Festa	2,626	117,573
#11,926	Brass	2,625	117,617
#11,928	Polansky	2,624	117,662

Who is named Swensen

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

93% of people named Swensen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swensen

Swensen has the Soundex code S525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S525.

Questions

How common is the surname Swensen?: 2,627 people in the United States had the surname Swensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,528 Americans. It ranked 11,919th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swensen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Swensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Swensen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,627 in 2010, up 11%.