How common is the surname Swinton?

3,028 people in the United States had the surname Swinton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,964 Americans. It ranked 10,587th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Swinton?

Tilda Swinton, British actress (born 1960), followed by Ernest Dunlop Swinton.

Where is the surname Swinton most common?

Wikidata records people named Swinton in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Swinton getting more or less common?

More common. 2,773 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,028 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Swinton

An English place surname, carried by 3,028 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swinton is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Swinton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,028 people named Swinton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,964 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,773.

#10,587

rank among US surnames

3,028

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,606)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,582	Hanshaw	3,030	101,896
#10,584	Vidrine	3,029	101,930
#10,587	Biller	3,028	101,964
#10,589	Stgeorge	3,026	102,031
#10,593	Butters	3,025	102,065
#10,596	Coan	3,024	102,098

Who is named Swinton

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

70% of people named Swinton identified as Black (not Hispanic), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 70%
White (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Swintons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tilda Swinton
British actress (born 1960)
Ernest Dunlop Swinton
British Army general and author (1868–1951)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swinton

Swinton has the Soundex code S535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S535.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Swinton come from?: From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Swinton?: 3,028 people in the United States had the surname Swinton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,964 Americans. It ranked 10,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swinton?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Swinton identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Swinton?: Tilda Swinton, British actress (born 1960), followed by Ernest Dunlop Swinton.
Where is the surname Swinton most common?: Wikidata records people named Swinton in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Swinton?: Swinton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Swinton getting more or less common?: More common. 2,773 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,028 in 2010, up 9.2%.