How common is the surname Swingle?

2,834 people in the United States had the surname Swingle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,943 Americans. It ranked 11,163rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Swingle?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Swingle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Swingle?

Walter Tennyson Swingle, American botanist (1871-1952), followed by Ward Swingle.

Where is the surname Swingle most common?

Wikidata records people named Swingle in the United States.

Is the surname Swingle getting more or less common?

More common. 2,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,834 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Swingle

A surname, carried by 2,834 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swingle is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,834 people named Swingle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,943 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,755.

#11,163

rank among US surnames

2,834

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,156	Ranieri	2,837	108,828
#11,158	Stirling	2,836	108,867
#11,160	Helland	2,835	108,905
#11,163	Pittenger	2,834	108,943
#11,168	Dewar	2,833	108,982
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020

Who is named Swingle

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

96% of people named Swingle identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Swingles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Tennyson Swingle
American botanist (1871-1952)
Ward Swingle
American jazz singer (1927–2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swingle

Swingle has the Soundex code S524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S524.

Questions

How common is the surname Swingle?: 2,834 people in the United States had the surname Swingle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,943 Americans. It ranked 11,163rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swingle?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Swingle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Swingle?: Walter Tennyson Swingle, American botanist (1871-1952), followed by Ward Swingle.
Where is the surname Swingle most common?: Wikidata records people named Swingle in the United States.
Is the surname Swingle getting more or less common?: More common. 2,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,834 in 2010, up 2.9%.