Surname Definition: See 'Family Crest' below.

Origins: Scottish and German.

Alternate spellings: SWAN, SWANN, SWANNER, SWANI, SWAYNE, SWEIN, SWEING, SWEYN, SCHWAN, SCHWANN, SCHWAHN, SWAAN, SWAHN, SWAIN, SWAINE, SWAINN, SWAINS, SWANA, SWANE, SWANEE, SWANES, SWANNAY, SWANNE, SWANNEY, SWANNIE, SWANNS, SWANNY, SWANS, SWANY, SWAYN, SWEANE, SWENE, SWENNE, SWANHART, SWANBOROUGH, SWANSBROUGH, SWANSBORO, SWANSON, and ZWAN.

Other surnames sharing Soundex Code S500 for swann: SCHANEY, SCHINE, SCHOEN, SCHONE, SCOWN, SEHON, SENEY, SENN, SHAHAN, SHAIN, SHANE, SHAWHAN, SHEEHAN, SHEWAN, SHINE, SHINN, SHOUN, SHUMWAY, SIM, SINE, SKEEN, SKENE, SMAW, SNOW, SUMMA, SUMNEY, SWAIM, SWEENEY, SWEENY, SWIM, SWINNEY, SYME.

Other Resources

• SWANN Family Crest
• SWAN Family Genealogy Forum
• SWANN Family Genealogy Forum
• over 23,300 search results for SWANN at RootsWeb's World Connect Project
• SWAN and variants Genealogy Mailing List at Rootsweb - subscribe/browse archives
• over 3,800 search results for SWANN at TribalPages
• over 4,700 search results for SWANN at GenCircles
• over 1,900 search results for SWANN at GeneaNet
• over 9,100 search results for SWANN and over 40,000 variants at GenesReunited - Free to search but userpay site $
• FamilySearch.org International Genealogical Index
• SWANN Family Tree and Genealogy Links at SurnameFinder
• The Swann Families of Ousley's Gap, Cabell Co. West Virginia, USA
• SWANN DNA Surname Project
• The Darden-Swan Family Lineage of Central Georgia, USA
• Swans of New York, USA
• SWAN Surname SWAN Genealogy at Surname.web
• SWANNs from Northamptonshire, England
• SWANN Family History, Blount Co., Alabama USA
• SWANN Family of North Carolina and Florida, USA
• Family Tree to and across America - SWANNs mentioned
• Swain, Swann Families of Eastern North Carolina and beyond, USA
• British-Genealogy Forums - The Swann Family
• Answers.com – The world’s greatest encyclodictionalmanacapedia
• DeadFred – Genealogy photo archive
• AncientFaces – Family Treasures
• Linkpendium
• More than 60 surname projects for SWAN and alternate spellings at FamilyTreeDNA
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• RootsChat – Genealogy, Family History, Local History, Messaging Forum and more
• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• National Archives of Australia
• State Records Office, New South Wales, Australia
• Public Record Office, Victoria, Australia
• Archives of New Zealand
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• Auckland City Libraries – family history resources, New Zealand
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography online