Sween

English

Etymology

• As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced form of McSween.
• As a Norwegian surname, variant of Sveen, from Old Norse svíð (“land cleared by burning”), from svíða (“to burn”).

Proper noun

Sween (plural Sweens)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sween is the 41234^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 528 individuals. Sween is most common among White (89.58%) individuals.

Further reading

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