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

Wales

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

Swen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Swen family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 2
Cotton Spinner 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Swen

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Swen 7
Sarah Swen 6
William Swen 6
Thomas Swen 5
George Swen 4
James Swen 4
Mary Swen 4
Alfred Swen 3
Jane Swen 3
Ann Swen 2
Anne Swen 2
Dannil Swen 2
Eliza Swen 2
Florence Swen 2
Frederick Swen 2
John Swen 2
Maud Swen 2
Ruth Swen 2
Sophia Swen 2
Albert Swen 1
Alice Swen 1
Amelia Swen 1
Amy Swen 1
Andrew Swen 1
Annie Swen 1

Swen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Swain 60% 39,675
2 Swan 75% 39,286
3 Swaine 50% 9,553
4 Oswin 60% 2,352
5 Swine 60% 752
6 Swin 75% 686
7 Swane 60% 463
8 Sewin 60% 192
9 Sween 80% 192
10 Sowen 80% 177
11 Sawn 50% 131
12 Aswin 60% 115
13 Sawin 60% 104
14 Swen 100% 102

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The surname Swen is the 14th most popular variant of Swain.

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