Swindle Surname

75,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Swindle Surname Definition:

Swindell and its variants are derived from Swindale, a chapelry of Shap in the former country of Westmorland.

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Swindle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,1061:59,3617,017
England2501:222,87218,741
Australia491:550,93340,757
Northern Ireland451:41,0013,772
Scotland441:121,6787,769
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland841:52,7374,367
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2921:83,4778,866
Scotland261:143,9706,132
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9241:54,3496,107

Swindle Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Swindell and its variants are derived from Swindale, a chapelry of Shap in the former country of Westmorland.

  • 1244. Gilberti de Swindall' fugitivi: Pipe Roll of Westmorland
  • 1358. Willmo de Swyndale (Cumberland): Testementa Karleolensia
  • 1494. Willelmus Swyndalle (Beauchief Abbey, Yorkshire): Collectanea Anglo-Premonstratensia
    • — Forebears.io

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Swindells,' most probably the spot referred to in the following:

'A branch of the family of Howford held a small estate here (Bosden) in the 14th century, called "Swyndelves"': East Cheshire.

This was in the parish of Cheadle, in which immediate district all our Swindells have sprung.

Roger Swyndels, of Marple, 1522: East Cheshire.

1561. Married — Humtphe Franch Swyndells and Isabell Woorthe: Prestbury Ch. (Cheshire).

William Swindells, of Stockport: Wills at Chester.

John Swindells, of Northenden, 1620: ibid.

1656. Baptised — Ursula, d. John Swendalls: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Swindale,' a chapelry in the parish of Shap, Westmorland.

1540. Buried — Alys Swyndelle: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1608. Richard Westrawe and Agnes Swindell: Marriage Lic. (London).

1790. Married — John Swindell and Lydia Mullins: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English and Scandinavian) belonging to Swin- dale; or Dweller at the Swine- Valley [Old English swín = Old Norse suín + Old English dæl = Old Norse dal-r] Swindale, Westmd., was Swindale c. 1200.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in the valley where swine were bred.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A corruption of swinedale, the valley of swine; or it may be the same as Swindle. Swindale is a chapelry in the hundred of Shap, co. Westmoreland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Swindale, co. Westmoreland.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The name of Swindells in this county has mostly been confined to Stockport parish, and especially to the townships of Marple and Disley, from the reign of Henry VIII. to the present day; Swindells was the name of a sergeant in Colonel Bradshawe's regiment (raised in the Macclesfield Hundred) at the battle of Worcester in 1651 (E.). The name of Swindell is characteristic of Derbyshire, and both varieties occur in the intermediate county of Stafford.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Swindle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swindle is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swindle? popularity and diffusion

Swindle is the 75,284th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,117,550 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Swindle live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 6,106 people, or 1 in 59,361. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 16 percent live, Alabama, where 15 percent live and Tennessee, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Swindle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Swindle has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Swindle surname rose 661 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 14 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 169 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Swindle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Swindle surname is principally Anglican (65%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Swindle last name are 13.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.96% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Swindle earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.55% less than the national average, earning $39,892 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.57% more than the national average, earning $55,432 CAD per year.

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