Swinburne

English

Alternative forms

• Swinbourn, Swinbourne, Swinburn

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Chollerton, Northumberland, from Old English swīn (“pig, swine”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

Proper noun

Swinburne (countable and uncountable, plural Swinburnes)

1. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
2. (uncountable) A village in Free State province, South Africa.

Derived terms

• Swinburnean, Swinburnian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Swinburne is the 90495^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 204 individuals. Swinburne is most common among White (97.55%) individuals.

Further reading

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