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Swallow Family History

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’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

224,301 Historical Documents & Family Trees with Swallow
55,042 Census and Voter Lists
3,636 Immigration Records
70,252 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
90,262 Member Family Trees
5,109 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Swallow Families

  • Number of Swallow families
     30 - 58
     11 - 29
     1 - 10
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Swallow families
     757 - 1,511
     253 - 756
     1 - 252
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Number of Swallow families
     5 - 7
     2 - 4
     1
     
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Swallow Family Origin

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Swallow Immigration Information

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Average Life Expectancy for Swallow

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Swallow Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

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