Swinney

See also: swinney

English

Etymology

Variant of Sweeney.

Proper noun

Swinney (plural Swinneys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Swinney is the 6909^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4856 individuals. Swinney is most common among White (73.93%) and Black/African American (21.19%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Swinney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.