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    The surname Swofford

    A surname, carried by 1,948 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S163

    Swofford: #15,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Swofford #15,140, 1,948 people Swofford: #15,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Swofford #15,140, 1,948 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swofford is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Swafford.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,948 people named Swofford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,494 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,944.

    #15,140
    rank among US surnames
    1,948
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,176)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,140Swofford1,948158,494
    #15,147Sicard1,947158,575

    Who is named Swofford

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

    94% of people named Swofford identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Swoffords

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ken Swofford
      American actor (1933-2018)
    • Anthony Swofford
      American writer and former U.S. Marine, born 1970
    • Oliver
      American singer (1945–2000)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Swofford

    Swofford has the Soundex code S163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S163.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Swofford come from?
    Variant of Swafford.
    How common is the surname Swofford?
    1,948 people in the United States had the surname Swofford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,494 Americans. It ranked 15,140th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Swofford?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Swofford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Swofford?
    Ken Swofford, American actor (1933-2018), followed by Anthony Swofford.
    Where is the surname Swofford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Swofford in the United States.
    Is the surname Swofford getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,948 in 2010, up 0.2%.