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    The surname Swilley

    A surname, carried by 1,987 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S400

    Swilley: #14,893 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Swilley #14,893, 1,987 people Swilley: #14,893 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Swilley #14,893, 1,987 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swilley is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    Unidentified origin.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,987 people named Swilley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,383 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,974.

    #14,893
    rank among US surnames
    1,987
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,020)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,893Sweetman1,987155,383
    #14,902Enderle1,986155,461

    Who is named Swilley

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

    71% of people named Swilley identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Swilley

    Swilley has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Swilley come from?
    Unidentified origin.
    How common is the surname Swilley?
    1,987 people in the United States had the surname Swilley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,383 Americans. It ranked 14,893rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Swilley?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Swilley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Swilley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,987 in 2010, up 0.7%.