The mcswain Surname

mcswain Name Meaning and History

Scottish and Irish: probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Suibhne (see McSweeney) or of a Gaelic patronymic based on Old Norse sveinn ‘boy’, ‘servant’, which was also used as a personal name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The mcswain name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the mcswain family name as far back in history as possible.

mcswain Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of mcswain Families in the US in 1920

Number of mcswain families

76-150

26-75

1-25

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Thread	Author	Replies
Lurline McSwain of Wellborn, TX 1917	drbrownlee	0
mcswain	gmerrilyne	0
Obit of Alda McSwain Lookadoo	wcr1951	1
Frank Dale McSwain	Linda Stewart Reed	3
Reese Alphanzo McSwain	pinkyPig1	0
Reese Alphanzo McSwain	pinkyPig1	0
McSwain (McSween), Hugh - NC 1770's	CathleenF	11
Richard Douglas McSwain of Jacksonville, TX 1926	drbrownlee	0
Shelby - McSwains	Kevin Watkins	14
McSwain Family in Georgia--Circa 1900	Leon Monroe McSwain, Jr.	53

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