How common is the surname Swink?

3,779 people in the United States had the surname Swink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,700 Americans. It ranked 8,690th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Swink getting more or less common?

More common. 3,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,779 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Swink

A surname, carried by 3,779 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swink is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,779 people named Swink in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,700 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,678.

#8,690

rank among US surnames

3,779

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,279)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,687	Zazueta	3,782	81,636
#8,688	Gardea	3,781	81,657
#8,689	Hersey	3,780	81,679
#8,690	Swink	3,779	81,700
#8,694	Veras	3,776	81,765

Who is named Swink

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

90% of people named Swink identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
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 Swink

Swink has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Questions

How common is the surname Swink?: 3,779 people in the United States had the surname Swink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,700 Americans. It ranked 8,690th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swink?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Swink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Swink getting more or less common?: More common. 3,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,779 in 2010, up 2.7%.