Swinton
English
Etymology
From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Swinton (countable and uncountable, plural Swintons)
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7702).
- A village in Swinton with Warthermarske parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE2179).
- A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7673). [1]
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4599).
- A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6764).
- A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8347).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Swinton is the 10587th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3028 individuals. Swinton is most common among Black/African American (70.21%) and White (24.97%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Swinton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.