Last name: SWINNERTON

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SWINNERTON : This last name is indexed 10,860 times on Geneanet!

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SWINNERTON : English: habitational name from Swynnerton in Staffordshire. The etymology of the placename is uncertain. It may derive from Old English swille ‘sloppy mess swill’ + ford ‘ford’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. Alternatively the first element may be swīn ‘swine hog’ swān ‘herdsman peasant’ swan ‘swan’ or sumor ‘summer’.

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