Swinstead Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Barbados

Swinstead Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Swinstead,' a parish in Lincolnshire.

Gocelin de Swynested, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1583. Richard Swinsted, farrier, of Chesthunt, Hertfordshire, and Judith Hammond: Marriage Lic.

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Swinstead 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
Australia671:402,92132,505
England381:1,466,26563,675
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727

Swinstead Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Swinstead,' a parish in Lincolnshire.

Gocelin de Swynested, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1583. Richard Swinsted, farrier, of Chesthunt, Hertfordshire, and Judith Hammond: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

(English) belonging to Swinstead; or Dweller at the Swine-Place [Old English swín + stede] Swinstead, Lincs, was Swynested in the 13th cent.

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

SWINESHEAD: Does not refer to the "pig-headedness" of the race, but to their ancient residence in Lincolnshire, famous in old times for its Abbey, and the disaster of king John.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cumberland, Lincolnshire.

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

Average Swinstead Salary in
England

£30,159

Per year
Rank:
18,499 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000274645
Rank: 27,752 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
111.8%
Sample size: 21 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

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

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Swinstead Last Name Facts

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

Swinstead is found most frequently in Australia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swinstead? popularity and diffusion

Swinstead is the 1,718,748th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name Swinstead is predominantly found in Oceania, where 59 percent of Swinstead live; 59 percent live in Australasia and 59 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently used in Australia, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 402,921. In Australia Swinstead is mostly concentrated in: South Australia, where 57 percent live, Victoria, where 22 percent live and Northern Territory, where 10 percent live. Besides Australia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 34 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Swinstead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swinstead has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Swinstead last name rose 119 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swenstad8249/
Snustead8226/
Swansted821/
Swinster820/
Snostead820/
Snustad7593/
Snystad753/
Sweenster671/
Swennster670/
Swan-Stout531/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Swinstead
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