Last Name SWAN

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Meaning	The son of Swan, i.e. Swain. Also nickname, 'the swan.' Also local, 'at the Swan,' an early sign-name.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Flemish, South african, Pakistani

Rank	1,477 (2000 US census)	1,471 (1990 US census)

Count	22,082 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

81.75%, or 18052 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.02%, or 2654 total occurrences, as black,
0.72%, or 159 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
2.15%, or 475 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.77%, or 391 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.59%, or 351 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Surnames that make great first names

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Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...