The Swank surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,832 people carried this name — #4,526 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,655 in 2000.

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In print

Swank in American newspapers,
1910–1921.

Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Bulletin carrying the name Swank
The Butte Daily Bulletin 1920-01-07
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Swank
Rock Island Argus 1910-09-12
Newspaper page from The Seattle Star carrying the name Swank
The Seattle Star 1921-07-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,198 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Swank in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

1,355 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Swank. The most, 988, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,003
South Australia 129
Queensland 85
Victoria 61
Western Australia 41
Tasmania 17
ACT (Canberra) 15
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Swank,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fletcher B. Swank
    Fletcher B. Swank 1875–1950 · judge
  • William Henry Harrison Swank 1828–1915
  • Ward Swank 1885–1949 · lawyer
  • Elmer Ray Swank 1887– · physician
  • Everett Swank 1913–2000 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Swank,
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 States456 records

456 records of the Swank name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 303
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 104
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 25
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold R. Swank

    Born 1920 in Ohio. Enlisted 1945 at Cleveland; farmer from Williams County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran; died 2000, buried at Oak Park Cemetery, Ligonier, Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joh Swank

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Gutenberg from Hamburg, aged 30; farmer and mechanic. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Otto O. Swank

    U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish–American War. Born 1874, died 1956; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 456 records for Swank in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands208 records

208 records of the Swank name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 137
  • Dutch population registers 37
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 34
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jelies Swank

    Married in 1817 in Groningen; "weversknegt". Died 1854 in Groningen, aged 65.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Aagje Swank

    Married in 1911 in Rotterdam. Died 1923 in Rotterdam, aged 31.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hendrik Arend Swank

    Died 1969 in Dordrecht, aged 49; butcher.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 208 records for Swank in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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