Swanson Family History
Swanson Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of Swedish Svensson or Danish and
Norwegian Svensen (see Svendsen).Scottish and
northern English: patronymic from the personal name Swan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Swanson
Name Distribution of Swanson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Swanson families
 1,465 - 2,928  489 - 1,464 |
 1 - 488  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Swanson families
|
91 - 180 31 - 90 |
1 - 30 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Swanson families
|
377 - 751 126 - 376 |
1 - 125 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Swanson census records
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Swanson Family Origin
Swanson Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Swanson
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Swanson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Swanson census records
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Swanson Civil War Service Records
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