McSween

English

Etymology

• As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from Mac Suibhne (“son of Suibhne”); see McQueen and McSweeney.
• As a Scottish surname, from MacSuain, from Old Norse sveinn (“boy servant”). This also appears as the variants McSwain and Whan.

Proper noun

McSween (plural McSweens)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Derived terms

• Sween

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McSween is the 37125^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 601 individuals. McSween is most common among White (58.9%) and Black/African American (33.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McSween”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 562.