Where in Ireland does the family MACSWINEY come from? Is MACSWINEY a common surname in Ireland? The maps on this page are based on the 1901 and 1911 census of Ireland, available here: Census of Ireland.
There were 279 with this surname in Ireland in 1901. The surname is ranked 2036th in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.
Religion: Catholic: 268 (96.06%), Other / Not Given: 10 (3.58%), Anglican: 1 (0.36%)
There were 243 with this surname in Ireland in 1911. The surname is ranked 2222nd in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.
The Rev. Patrick Woulfe provided lists of surname associations for Irish surnames in his book Irish Names and Surnames. Below is a list of these associations for the surname MACSWINEY.
Map is based on households which had at least one member who had an occupation containing "Farm" or "Agri".
Map shows the percentage of people with the surname MACSWINEY who are Catholic in each locality
Map shows the percentage of people with the surname MACSWINEY who are Anglican in each locality
There were no Presbyterians with the surname MACSWINEY in the 1901 census.
List of consecutive consonant patterns associated with this surname:
When producing these maps, surnames are converted to uppercase. "MC" and "M'" are replaced with "MAC", and non-alphabetic characters (hyphens, spaces, apostrophes, accents) are removed. For example, Mac Vey and McVey appear together as MACVEY. O'Neill, Oneill, ONeill and Ó Néill appear together as ONEILL, and D'Arcy and Darcy appear as DARCY.
While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility is taken for errors in the census data. The census is available online for verification.