The Swearingen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,872 people carried this name — #4,506 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,641 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

28 families named Swearingen, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 180 people lived in those households, 6.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 12 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 8
Maryland 8
South Carolina 7
North Carolina 5

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 264 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Swearingen in American newspapers,
1896–1919.

Newspaper page from The Dalles Daily Chronicle carrying the name Swearingen
The Dalles Daily Chronicle 1896-07-13
Newspaper page from Dresden Enterprise And Sharon Tribune carrying the name Swearingen
Dresden Enterprise And Sharon Tribune 1919-05-09
Newspaper page from The Dalles Weekly Chronicle carrying the name Swearingen
The Dalles Weekly Chronicle 1896-07-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,374 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Swearingen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Swearingen
    Henry Swearingen 1792–1849 · politician
  • Victor C. Swearingen
    Victor C. Swearingen 1899–1968 · judge
  • Eleanor Swearingen 1777–1848
  • John Graham Swearingen 1830–1865
  • Forrest C. Swearingen 1885–1943 · physician
  • Ed Swearingen 1925–2014 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Swearingen,
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 States415 records

415 records of the Swearingen name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 283
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 117
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harry D. Swearingen

    Born 1918 in Illinois. Enlisted 1943 at Peoria; heat treater from Champaign County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Danville National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 William F. Swearingen

    Born 1931; from Hancock County, West Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Ernest B. Swearingen

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1886, died 1981; buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia.

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

Showing 3 of 415 records for Swearingen 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 · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Swearingen name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Paul Pierce Swearingen

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1962.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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