Last Name SWAIN

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Meaning	The son of Swain, literally a young lad. Swainson is a well known surname in counties Lancashire and York. Also occupational, 'the swain,' i.e. the peasant, the servant.

Origin	English, Jewish, Indian, Dutch, Polish, Irish, Maltese, Belgian

Rank	1,338 (2000 US census)	1,029 (1990 US census)

Count	24,220 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

69.45%, or 16821 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
25.73%, or 6232 total occurrences, as black,
0.64%, or 155 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.69%, or 167 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.92%, or 465 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.56%, or 378 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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