as a Last Name
- 24,612
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Swan
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and English: from Middle English swan ‘swan’, hence a nickname for a person noted for purity or excellence (which were taken to be attributes of the swan), or resembling a swan in some other way. This was also an Old Norse and Old English personal name, from which the surname may be derived. In some cases it may be a habitational name for someone who lived at a house with the sign of a swan.
| 1,470th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 24,612
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Swan per capita
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