Swainston

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Elwick, County Durham, from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Swainston (plural Swainstons)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Swainston is the 40610^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 538 individuals. Swainston is most common among White (94.61%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Swainston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.