Surname Checker / Swanson
How Common Is the Last Name Swanson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Swanson today
85,142
Ranked #424 of 162,254 published surnames · 26.07 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 76,897 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
90.41%
Black
4.8%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.7%
Hispanic
2.1%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.