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    The surname Swiney

    A surname, carried by 2,366 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S500

    Swiney: #12,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Swiney #12,978, 2,366 people Swiney: #12,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Swiney #12,978, 2,366 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swiney is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,366 people named Swiney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,493 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,346.

    #12,978
    rank among US surnames
    2,366
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,175)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,971Handel2,367130,437
    #12,978Cron2,366130,493
    #12,981Moor2,365130,548
    #12,986Golub2,364130,603

    Who is named Swiney

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

    80% of people named Swiney identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Swiney

    Swiney has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Swiney?
    2,366 people in the United States had the surname Swiney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,493 Americans. It ranked 12,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Swiney?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Swiney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Swiney getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,366 in 2010, up 0.9%.