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Swallow Name Meaning
from Middle English swal(e)we,
swalu ‘swallow’, hence a nickname for someone thought to
resemble the bird, perhaps in swiftness and grace.habitational
name from a place in Lincolnshire, so called from the Swallow river on
which it stands. The river name is probably ultimately akin to that of
the bird, with some transferred meaning such as ‘swirling’ or
‘rushing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Swallow Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Swallow families
 30 - 58  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Swallow families
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757 - 1,511 253 - 756 |
1 - 252 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Swallow families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Swallow Family Origin
Swallow Immigration Information
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Swallow Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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