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    The surname Swinson

    A surname, carried by 3,784 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S525

    Swinson: #8,681 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Swinson #8,681, 3,784 people Swinson: #8,681 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Swinson #8,681, 3,784 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swinson 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 3,784 people named Swinson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,592 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,469.

    #8,681
    rank among US surnames
    3,784
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,720)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,673Boney3,78981,485
    #8,676McGaha3,78781,528
    #8,679Prine3,78681,549
    #8,681Swinson3,78481,592
    #8,686Adorno3,78381,614
    #8,687Zazueta3,78281,636
    #8,688Gardea3,78181,657

    Who is named Swinson

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

    58% of people named Swinson identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Swinson

    Swinson has the Soundex code S525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S525.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Swinson?
    3,784 people in the United States had the surname Swinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,592 Americans. It ranked 8,681st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Swinson?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Swinson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Swinson getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,784 in 2010, up 9.1%.