Swindles Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Swindles Surname Definition:

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

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Swindles Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1351:412,72628,150
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2631:92,6829,552
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Swindles Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

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

Pl., and genit., of Swindell, Swindle.

But the Chesh. Swindells are said to owe their name to a spot called Swyndelves [Old English ge)delf, a ditch, trench] in the 14th cent.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

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
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Swindles Demographics

Average Swindles Salary in
England

£23,470

Per year
Rank:
68,822 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000264628
Rank: 28,542 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
87%
Sample size: 26 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Swindles Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swindles is found most in England. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Swindles? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,338,236th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Swindles are found; 81 percent are found in Northern Europe and 81 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 412,726. In England Swindles is mostly found in: Greater Manchester, where 20 percent live, Tyne and Wear, where 16 percent live and Merseyside, where 10 percent live. Barring England this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 9 percent live and New Zealand, where 8 percent live.

Swindles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Swindles has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Swindles last name declined 49 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swindles Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Swindles surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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Swindelle824/
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Swindills820/
Swyndle8010/
Suindle800/
Swindly800/
Swindeells781/
Swinndells780/
Swendler7510/
Swimdler751/
Suindler750/
Schwindli711/
Shwendler711/
Schwendle711/
Swindella710/
Schwindeller707/
Swindellsová701/
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