How common is the surname Swords?

2,636 people in the United States had the surname Swords in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,127 Americans. It ranked 11,877th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Swords?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Swords identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Swords getting more or less common?

More common. 2,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,636 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Swords

A surname, carried by 2,636 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swords is more common than 92.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,636 people named Swords in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,127 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,578.

#11,877

rank among US surnames

2,636

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,257)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,870	Douthit	2,638	117,038
#11,874	Bousquet	2,637	117,082
#11,877	Gove	2,636	117,127
#11,882	Erikson	2,635	117,171
#11,886	Burse	2,634	117,215

Who is named Swords

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

96% of people named Swords identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swords

Swords has the Soundex code S632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S632.

Questions

How common is the surname Swords?: 2,636 people in the United States had the surname Swords in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,127 Americans. It ranked 11,877th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swords?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Swords identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Swords getting more or less common?: More common. 2,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,636 in 2010, up 2.2%.