How common is the surname Swindell?

4,618 people in the United States had the surname Swindell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,857 Americans. It ranked 7,229th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Swindell?

Quintessa Swindell, American actor, followed by Cole Swindell.

Where is the surname Swindell most common?

Wikidata records people named Swindell in the United States.

Is the surname Swindell getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,618 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Swindell

A Norse place surname, carried by 4,618 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swindell is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

English surname, from habitational surnames derived from Old Norse svín (“swine”) + dalr (“valley”). Also a variant of Swindells, which is similarly from Old English swīn (“swine”) + delf (“quarry, canal”).

Swindell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,618 people named Swindell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,857 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,753.

#7,229

rank among US surnames

4,618

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,574)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,223	Balbuena	4,621	66,814
#7,224	Shealy	4,620	66,828
#7,228	Pete	4,619	66,843
#7,229	Swindell	4,618	66,857
#7,230	Charbonneau	4,617	66,871

Who is named Swindell

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

76% of people named Swindell identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Swindells

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Quintessa Swindell
American actor, born 1997
Cole Swindell
American singer-songwriter, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swindell

Swindell has the Soundex code S534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S534.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Swindell come from?: English surname, from habitational surnames derived from Old Norse svín (“swine”) + dalr (“valley”). Also a variant of Swindells, which is similarly from Old English swīn (“swine”) + delf (“quarry, canal”).
How common is the surname Swindell?: 4,618 people in the United States had the surname Swindell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,857 Americans. It ranked 7,229th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swindell?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Swindell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Swindell?: Quintessa Swindell, American actor, followed by Cole Swindell.
Where is the surname Swindell most common?: Wikidata records people named Swindell in the United States.
What type of surname is Swindell?: Swindell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Swindell getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,618 in 2010, down 2.8%.