Sween
English edit
Etymology edit
- As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced form of McSween.
- As a Norwegian surname, variant of Sveen, from Old Norse svíð (“land cleared by burning”), from svíða (“to burn”).
Proper noun edit
Sween (plural Sweens)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sween is the 41234th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 528 individuals. Sween is most common among White (89.58%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sween”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.