The Swink surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,779 people carried this name — #8,690 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,678 in 2000.

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In print

Swink in American newspapers,
1894–1908.

Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Swink
The Butte Inter Mountain 1902-12-25
Newspaper page from The Herald And News carrying the name Swink
The Herald And News 1908-03-27
Newspaper page from The Breckenridge News carrying the name Swink
The Breckenridge News 1894-10-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,475 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Swink,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Swink
    Robert Swink 1918–2000 · film editor
  • Jim Swink
    Jim Swink 1936–2014 · physician
  • Brian Swink 1973–2018 · motocross rider

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Swink,
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 States234 records

234 records of the Swink name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 151
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clifton H. Swink

    Born 1920 in Nebraska. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Imperial, Nebraska.

    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 Jackie Lee Swink

    Born 1950; from Liberal, Kansas. U.S. Army, construction equipment repairer; died in service 1969 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Friederich Swink

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Isabella from Havre, aged 34; shoemaker. From Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 234 records for Swink in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands34 records

34 records of the Swink name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 16
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 14
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Grietje Swink

    Died 1834 in Leeuwarden, aged 80.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jan Willem Swink

    Married in 1796 in Delft; born in Mentsfelden In 't Nassausche.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Peter Swink

    Buried in 1786 in Tilburg.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 34 records for Swink in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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