Swans Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 2
London 3
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Swans Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Swans family

Profession Census Frequency
Male Servant 2
Carpenter 1
Tailor 1
Tin Works 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
F Servant 1
Independent 1
Seaman 1
Excise Officer 1
Female Servant 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Swans

Name Census Frequency
William Swans 29
Mary Swans 28
Sarah Swans 15
Thomas Swans 15
Charles Swans 14
Elizabeth Swans 13
John Swans 13
George Swans 12
Margaret Swans 12
Ann Swans 10
Henry Swans 10
Alfred Swans 9
Emma Swans 9
Jane Swans 9
James Swans 8
Edward Swans 7
Annie Swans 6
Charlotte Swans 6
Ellen Swans 6
Florence Swans 6
Albert Swans 5
Eliza Swans 5
Frances Swans 5
Joseph Swans 5
Louisa Swans 5

Swans Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Swains 83% 984
2 Swans 100% 442
3 Swins 80% 338
4 Swines 67% 136
5 Swansea 71% 130

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The surname Swans is the 2nd most popular variant of Swains.

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