The swan Surname

swan Name Meaning and History

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.
variant of English Swain.
Americanized form of German Schwan.
Americanized form of Norwegian Sveen or Swedish Swahn.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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swan Family Facts

Distribution of swan Families in the US in 1920

Number of swan families

248-493

83-247

1-82

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 570 - Messages: 1329

Thread	Author	Replies
Swan - Segars	jacque_burgess	1
William Albert SWAN, NYC born 1875	lgreenwald54	0
Henry Swan - Wallsend - Northumberland	SallyGlos	0
Smokey Swan	skelbley8141	5
SWAN FAMILY NY	michelebembry	17
I have family tree	Deanna Swan	43
family of James S. & Jane (Taylor) Swan - OH to Crawford Co., IL	locogirlp1	0
African American Swans	Jonathan Swan	5
Stephen SWAN Farm, 1800's Winchester, MA	bbffrrpp	0
Alice Swan	NoraNell16	5

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