Swanton is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Swanton
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Swanton

How popular is Swanton?

Swanton is common in United States.

Swanton is ranked 120101 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Swantons plummeted by 18.49391 per cent to 736 since 2000 and slipped by 5796 spots and ranked at 31453. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.7 94.91
Swanton is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 3342 people have been found who wears Swanton as their family name. Swanton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,619 Ecuador3
7,191 Afghanistan1
53,033 Nigeria1
897,276 Russia1
30,360 Thailand1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
77,122 Sweden1
1,179 Swaziland1
277,603 France1
172,258 Germany1
34,581 Chile1
2,057 Isle of Man1
153,416 Italy1
29,046 Japan1
3,071 Jersey1
91,024 Belgium1
118,015 Netherlands1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,692 Scotland33
22,809 New Zealand19
91,381 Spain12
Countries with hundreds of Swanton:
7,886 England855
6,378 Australia453
11,275 Canada346
2,058 Ireland229
39,125 South Africa128
Countries with thousands of Swanton:
24,732 United States1,247
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman James Swanton from Ireland aboard the Colonist from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in USA on April 8, 1850. Immigrant J. Swanton, Benj. Swanton, aged 46, William Swanton, aged 24, Robertw. Swanton (22) Painter, are other Swanton that migrated to US.

Swanton Namesakes

  • Lloyd Swanton, Bassist
  • John R. Swanton, Anthropologist
  • E. W. Swanton, Journalist
  • In 2018 drama, horror film, Frankenstein's Creature, James Swanton played The Creature.

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