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
Average Male Swinney Height
176.96 cm
Average Female Swinney Height
162.08 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Swinney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swinney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swinney is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Swinney? popularity and diffusion
It is the 67,042nd most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 981,355 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Swinney are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Swinney is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 18 people.
Swinney is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 6,234 people, or 1 in 58,142. In The United States Swinney is most frequent in: Texas, where 20 percent are found, Missouri, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found 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 number of people who held the Swinney last name rose 747 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 257 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 111 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Swinney Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Swinney are 14.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.33% registered to vote for 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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