as a Last Name
- 22,831
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Swain
Meaning & Origins
Northern English: occupational name for a servant or attendant, from the Middle English word swein ‘servant’ or Old Norse sveinn ‘boy’, ‘servant’. In Old Norse this word is also found as a personal name in the form Sveinn; so in some cases the origin may be patronymic.
| 1,350th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 22,831
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Swain per capita
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