How common is the surname Swinney?

4,856 people in the United States had the surname Swinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,580 Americans. It ranked 6,909th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Swinney?

Harry Swinney, American physicist (1939 - 2026).

Where is the surname Swinney most common?

Wikidata records people named Swinney in the United States.

Is the surname Swinney getting more or less common?

More common. 4,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,856 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Swinney

An Irish surname, carried by 4,856 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swinney is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Sweeney.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,856 people named Swinney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,580 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,737.

#6,909

rank among US surnames

4,856

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,601)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,900	Feaster	4,871	63,384
#6,903	Eades	4,870	63,397
#6,904	Heyward	4,867	63,437
#6,905	Jaworski	4,865	63,463
#6,906	Hom	4,863	63,489
#6,907	Eberhart	4,862	63,502
#6,908	Martí	4,860	63,528

Who is named Swinney

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

74% of people named Swinney identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Swinneys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harry Swinney
American physicist (1939 - 2026)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swinney

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Swinney come from?: Variant of Sweeney.
How common is the surname Swinney?: 4,856 people in the United States had the surname Swinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,580 Americans. It ranked 6,909th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swinney?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Swinney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Swinney?: Harry Swinney, American physicist (1939 - 2026).
Where is the surname Swinney most common?: Wikidata records people named Swinney in the United States.
Is the surname Swinney getting more or less common?: More common. 4,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,856 in 2010, up 2.5%.