McSween
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from Mac Suibhne (“son of Suibhne”); see McQueen and McSweeney.
- As a Scottish surname, from MacSuain, from Old Norse sveinn (“boy servant”). This also appears as the variants McSwain and Whan.
Proper noun
[edit]McSween (plural McSweens)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, McSween is the 37125th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 601 individuals. McSween is most common among White (58.9%) and Black/African American (33.28%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McSween”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 562.