The Swaim surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,310 people carried this name — #6,407 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,104 in 2000.

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In print

Swaim in American newspapers,
1884–1898.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Swaim
The Sun 1898-11-09
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Swaim
The Sun 1898-11-09
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Swaim
Daily Kennebec Journal 1884-06-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,518 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Swaim in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

140 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Swaim. The most, 27, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 41
Victoria 38
New South Wales 30
Queensland 22
Western Australia 7
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Swaim.

Who carried it

People named Swaim,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David G. Swaim
    David G. Swaim 1834–1897 · lawyer
  • Johnny Swaim
    Johnny Swaim 1929–1995 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Swaim,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States301 records

301 records of the Swaim name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 198
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John C. Swaim

    Born 1923 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Houston; auto plant worker from Bell County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Bellwood Memorial Park, Temple, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Allan Gregory Swaim

    Born 1946; from Tustin, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ronald E. Swaim

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 1999; buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 301 records for Swaim in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Swaim name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Floy Swaim

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1899 in Nerford.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Mildred Swaim

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1905 in Texline.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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