Swepstone Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Swepstone Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Swepstone (Leic.), the Domesday Scopestone [Old English stan, a stone: the first element is apparently from the pret.

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Swepstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:1,466,26563,675
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Swepstone Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Swepstone (Leic.), the Domesday Scopestone [Old English stan, a stone: the first element is apparently from the pret., scóp, of Old English scieppan, to create, form; and the reference is doubtless to a figured or ornamental stone of some kind (rather than to the ‘Stone of the Poet’ [Old English scóp]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Sweepstone, co. Leicester.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Leicestershire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Swepstone Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Swepstone Come From? nationality or country of origin

Swepstone is found most frequently in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swepstone? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,979,664th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Swepstone occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Swepstone live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 1,466,265. In England Swepstone is most prevalent in: Derbyshire, where 47 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 26 percent live and Cambridgeshire, where 16 percent live. Besides England this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 12 percent live.

Swepstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swepstone has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 543 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swepston94413/
Swepstom821/
Swebston820/
Swaby-Stone701/

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