Swinburne
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English
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Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Chollerton, Northumberland, from Old English swīn (“pig, swine”) + burna (“stream, brook”).
Proper noun
Swinburne (countable and uncountable, plural Swinburnes)
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
- (uncountable) A village in Free State province, South Africa.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Swinburne is the 90495th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 204 individuals. Swinburne is most common among White (97.55%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Swinburne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.