Swainston
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Swainston (plural Swainstons)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Swainston is the 40610th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 538 individuals. Swainston is most common among White (94.61%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Swainston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.