Swinney Surname
Approximately 7,426 people bear this surname
Swinney Surname Definition:
= Sweeney, q.v.
Swinney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,234 | 1:58,142 | 6,891 |
| England | 797 | 1:69,910 | 8,061 |
| Scotland | 84 | 1:63,736 | 5,100 |
| Australia | 73 | 1:369,804 | 30,692 |
| Northern Ireland | 65 | 1:28,385 | 3,035 |
| New Zealand | 54 | 1:83,858 | 11,975 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 310 | 1:78,630 | 8,494 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 834 | 1:60,214 | 6,641 |
Swinney (18) may also be a first name.
Swinney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
= Sweeney, q.v.
Swinney Demographics
Swinney Political Affiliation
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Swinney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swinney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swinney occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Swinney.
How Common Is The Last Name Swinney? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 67,042nd most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 981,355 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Swinney live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used forename throughout the world, held by 18 people.
The surname Swinney is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 6,234 people, or 1 in 58,142. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 20 percent are found, Missouri, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 percent are found.
Swinney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Swinney has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 747 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 257 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 111 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Swinney Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Swinney surname are 14.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.33% being registered with the party.
The amount Swinney earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 30.6% more than the national average, earning R 310,356 per year; in United States they earn 10.06% less than the national average, earning $38,810 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.78% more than the national average, earning $59,512 CAD per year.
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Swinney Reference & Research
Sweeney DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Sweeney FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Swinney
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