Swayze is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Swayze
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Once written Swasey (seventeenth century). Other spellings: Sweazey, Sweezey, Swezey and probably Sweazea. Uncertain meaning. An American dictionary provides one that is from Swavesey, Cambridgeshire. The first American Swayze were Quakers.

How popular is Swayze?

Swayze is common in United States.

Swayze is ranked 119252 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Swayze bearers increased by 2.137894 per cent in 2010 US census to 1911 since 2000, the surname slipped by 757 spots and ranked at 15347. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.79 91.23
Black 4.5 4.12
Others 1.88 1.66
Swayze 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 Canada. Around 3371 people have been found who wears Swayze as their family name. Swayze is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
179,761 Australia6
607,991 Indonesia5
381,097 Ukraine4
54,135 Philippines2
65,594 Belgium2
107,212 South Africa1
1,704,541 India1
14,618 Guyana1
573 Vanuatu1
81,201 Switzerland1
25,721 Egypt1
277,603 France1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,935 Madagascar1
56,169 Mexico1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
58,885 Poland1
38,841 Scotland1
77,122 Sweden1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
313,372 Russia23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
64,420 England54
Countries with hundreds of Swayze:
6,245 Canada687
Countries with thousands of Swayze:
13,742 United States2,494
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Swayze Namesakes

  • Patrick Swayze, Actor
  • Bambi Swayze, Patrick Swayze's sister
  • Bambi Swayze, Patrick Swayze's sister
  • John Cameron Swayze, Commentator
  • Patrick Swayze, Actor
  • Patrick Swayze, Actor
  • Patrick Swayze, Actor
  • Don Swayze, Actor
  • Don Swayze, Actor
  • Frances Swayze, Politician
  • In 2019, Scott Swayze portrayed the role of Devin in comedy, horror film Mass Hysteria.

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