The Swope surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,415 people carried this name — #4,211 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (8,457).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Swope surname

Perhaps an altered form of German Schwab.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Swope» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Swope in American newspapers,
1910–1919.

Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Swope
The Brandon News 1910-05-19
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Swope
The Hattiesburg News 1912-01-02
Newspaper page from The Powder River County Examiner And The Broadus Independent carrying the name Swope
The Powder River County Examiner And The Broadus Independent 1919-12-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Swope in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

491 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Swope. The most, 210, date from the 1910s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 134
New South Wales 132
Western Australia 78
Victoria 63
South Australia 45
Tasmania 33
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Swope,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Augustus Swope
    John Augustus Swope 1827–1910 · politician
  • Thomas H. Swope
    Thomas H. Swope 1827–1909
  • Gerard Swope
    Gerard Swope 1872–1957 · entrepreneur
  • Herbert Bayard Swope
    Herbert Bayard Swope 1882–1958 · editor
  • Edwin B. Swope
    Edwin B. Swope 1888–1955 · politician
  • Samuel F. Swope 1809–1865 · lawyer

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 Swope,
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 States452 records

452 records of the Swope name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 292
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 99
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • 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 James A. Swope

    Born 1924 in Ohio. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky; warehouseman from Hamilton County. U.S. Army veteran; died 2000, buried at Saint Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

    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 George A. Swope

    Born 1932; from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. 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 passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Isaac Swope

    Arrived at New York in 1894 aboard the Lahn from Bremen and Southampton, aged 65; privateer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 452 records for Swope 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) · 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) · 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Swope name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Nelson Swope

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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