Last Name SWALES

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Meaning Local: Of Swallow Hill, a hamlet near Barnsley, county Yorks. Also 'at the Swale,' from residence beside the river of that name, whence Swaledale. Swales is the genitive form.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 28,166 (2000 US census) 39,082 (1990 US census)
Count 800 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.5%, or 684 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 11.25%, or 90 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1%, or 8 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.75%, or 14 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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